Douglas County Gold Locations

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Douglas County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site CO • Douglas County County
Description
This area is where I started prospecting back in 1978. I tried panning on Cherry Creek in some residential neighborhoods near Franktown. I didn't find much gold, but I didn't know what I was doing either. (heh heh) This is probably the closest mining site to the town of Colorado Springs in which I lived. I used to be a member of the Colorado Gold Prospectors Club there in Colorado Springs until 1985. Probably the best places to start looking for gold in Douglas County are: Russellville Gulch ...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: douglas_co.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. This area is where I started prospecting back in 1978. I tried panning on Cherry Creek in some residential neighborhoods near Franktown. I didn't find much gold, but I didn't know what I was doing either. (heh heh) This is probably the closest mining site to the town of Colorado Springs in which I lived. I used to be a member of the Colorado Gold Prospectors Club there in Colorado Springs until 1985. Probably the best places to start looking for gold in Douglas County are: Russellville Gulch and Upper Cherry Creek southeast of Franktown, Cherry Creek and its tributaries, Newlin Gulch, Happy Canyon and Lemon Creek, west of Parker.
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