Windsor County Gold Locations

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Windsor County Gold Locations

Gold Mining Site VT • Windsor County County
Description
Me and my friend Jim Labuz and his brother Bob of Utica, New York used to go over to Broad Brook in Windsor County and prospect for gold. Jim and I have some great stories about this place. I found a little nugget using a Gold Spear that weighed in at 1.2 dwt. Jimmy and Bob have found some real nice nuggets here. Jim and I used a 3" dredge here, but some moron from the DEQ ruined our fun. I understand the government has gotten bad over there (those damn communist "democrats") and you can't ev...
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: windsor_vt.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. Me and my friend Jim Labuz and his brother Bob of Utica, New York used to go over to Broad Brook in Windsor County and prospect for gold. Jim and I have some great stories about this place. I found a little nugget using a Gold Spear that weighed in at 1.2 dwt. Jimmy and Bob have found some real nice nuggets here. Jim and I used a 3" dredge here, but some moron from the DEQ ruined our fun. I understand the government has gotten bad over there (those damn communist "democrats") and you can't even pan there now, but I will list the sites anyway.
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