Piru Creek — Ventura County

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Piru Creek — Ventura County

Gold Mining Site CA • Ventura County County
Description
Dear Tom, just thought I would drop you a suggested prospecting site in southern California. It's the Piru Creek area in the Los Padres National Forest. You might be familiar with it. It is located just north of Los Angeles in the Gorman Region on Interstate 5 in Ventura county. Hope you add this to your list, as this is a very scenic and accesable area for the Southern California Prospector It is a year round creek good for panning and sluicing. The gold is fine flake with an occasional nugg...
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Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: ventura_ca.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Piru Creek. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Dear Tom, just thought I would drop you a suggested prospecting site in southern California. It's the Piru Creek area in the Los Padres National Forest. You might be familiar with it. It is located just north of Los Angeles in the Gorman Region on Interstate 5 in Ventura county. Hope you add this to your list, as this is a very scenic and accesable area for the Southern California Prospector It is a year round creek good for panning and sluicing. The gold is fine flake with an occasional nugget. ADD INFORMATION ON A GOLD BEARING LOCATION
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