Rapid Creek — Pennington County

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Rapid Creek — Pennington County

Gold Mining Site SD • Pennington County County
Description
BY: Coley Foster All along Rapid Creek on the Rochford road there are good placer deposits. The Standby Mine near Rochford was a pretty good producer. There a couple of GPAA claims along the road here. Also for new persons to prospecting there is a guy Named Lew Wight that has a claim (Glory Hunters) at the intersection of the Rochford and Mystic roads. He gives classes and provides equipment for people to work his claim. There is a fee but I am not sure how much it is. It did seem reasonable...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: pennington_sd.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Rapid Creek. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. BY: Coley Foster All along Rapid Creek on the Rochford road there are good placer deposits. The Standby Mine near Rochford was a pretty good producer. There a couple of GPAA claims along the road here. Also for new persons to prospecting there is a guy Named Lew Wight that has a claim (Glory Hunters) at the intersection of the Rochford and Mystic roads. He gives classes and provides equipment for people to work his claim. There is a fee but I am not sure how much it is. It did seem reasonable and his class was very good. I work this area a lot
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