Several Creeks — Ross County

Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: K.M.Teeters. Original page: ross_oh.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Several creeks. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. I have personally panned fine and flake glacial drift gold in many western Ross County creeks. In some creeks it is plentiful especially in the bedrock. I have been panning the last few years and found flakes as large as 3/16". Yeah, I know, not very impressive but this is Ohio after all. I have also panned in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico and not really done any better than at home. I didn't find much here at first but after studying glacial drift terminus and some trial and error I can now find it easily. You may be interested to know that I have tried other local counties and found only the slightest trace amounts in Adams and Hocking County. I've never tried Clermont County, but I had read that there was a small gold rush there in the late 1800's. Prospector's were finding a lot of "color" around Batavia and a mill was set up. When the mill was finished, the glacial drift gold had been collected and the mill closed within a year. I'm always looking for any other locals to share similar info with if there are any of you out there. I seem to be the only "prospector" around here. I hope this info is useful to someone