a little history and tips
As you can see by the pan above This gold me and my sister mined in a day this was a clean out of my sluice Gold Mining is alive and there is still plenty of gold and anyone can prospect the Stanton Weaver Octave Area here in central az its
located in the bradshaw mountians just north of phoenix is one of the richest strikes after the cal gold rush
many miners headed to arizona stanton ,octave and weaver are today gold ghost towns nothing but a few cellar holes and a few grave stones survive today all three towns its located close by wickenburg and congress az and all three towns about a mile or less apart are reachable by a maintained 6 mile road that goes through a remote area lots of wildlife its better to get there in a pick up truck jeep the stanton rd as its called is right off rt 89 just north of congress it s the first right off rt 89 north of congress take the right at the town dumping station and follow 6 miles to stanton home gold prospectors of america now who uses some of the original buildings Warning ! always go to congress to weaver mining ! Get A three day 15.00 a year 75 bucks weaver mining permit to be legal ! do not Jump on others claims you will be shot here ! there are 15 great claims you can mine that belong to weaver mining Always get a permit from weaver or join road runners gold prospecting club you have access to all the claims I suggest weaver mining its the cheapest 75 bucks full yr and 15 bucks for a three day pass weaving mining is in the center of congress az ask anybody ! they will show right where it is
congress being closer wickenburg however is where the services are hotels resturaunts are closest to the claims are in wickenburg there are small stores a dollar store and a bar in congress ! and you can camp right on the claims free its Blm land just bring water there is none here any water for drinking mining small recirculating sluice in a tub i haul water in like 20 gallons or you can use a dry washer best time to go is oct till may weaver mining has a web site online
This is the the stanton road right of12552906_1141468682537880_3547289991051983418_n.jpg
If you get a membership at weaver mining they will give you claim maps might want to try the octave side right below octave mine these washes contain lots of gold find a side dig in behind boulders rocks you want to get down to hard rock clay this is where the gold settles clean out cracks crevices good gold settles in these cracks run 10 15 5 gallon pails of ,material dug out of the bottom of these washes run it through a sluice box or dry washer and pan it you might get nice pan of chunky gold like i do
! heres a typical gold bearing wash on these claims 12565511_1141471535870928_3247460935892234708_n.jpg heres how you dig a wash notice im down to rock here and ive cleaned all the cracks out
