Miners have been working the area in and around Quartzsite for a very long time. Every time we go hiking around in the desert here we find old mines and holes in the ground. Most of these were dug long ago. Its very difficult to get a permit these days that allows mining with heavy equipment. We've been gold mining on some claims that the local metal detector club has. Once you join you have access to the claims. We've had fun and found about $10.00 worth of gold. We don't work very hard so that's all we got.
We have seen local folks with nice nuggets they found. If you want to find more gold you need to dig down and in this area that means at least a four to twelve foot hole. That's a lot of work and we aren't ever here long enough to try it.
We are headed to Yuma now and will be trying our luck there this winter for a little bit of the yellow stuff. Its something to do but we'll never get rich!
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