Custer — Custer County

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Custer — Custer County

Gold Mining Site SD • Custer County County
Description
All of the streams, bench and terrace deposits near Custer contain placer gold. East of Custer 6 miles, along French Creek (original 1874 discovery site) in all bed, bench and terrace gravels you can find placer gold. The gold deposits extend all the way to Fairburn.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: custer_sd.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Custer. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. All of the streams, bench and terrace deposits near Custer contain placer gold. East of Custer 6 miles, along French Creek (original 1874 discovery site) in all bed, bench and terrace gravels you can find placer gold. The gold deposits extend all the way to Fairburn.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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