Arkansas river

[Just Lookin]

Hopefully I am going to go to the Salida, Buena Vista, Leadville Area on vacation this coming June, I have been planning on doing this for the past 10 years and never got it done. I want to do a little prospecting, mainly panning and sluicing. My thoughts on this is to work up the Arkansas and find a place or two, but I don't want to make any mistakes, so what I am asking is, how much of that area is claimed? I do not what to get on anyones claim, just wanting to relax and enjoy the area. I am going to bring my camper, atv's, wife and son. I talked about doing this on some forum about two years ago, got a good reply from a person named "Guy", who lived in Leadville, but I don't know how to get a hold of him. Any advice, directions, ideas, ect will be appreicated. I wouldn't mind joining the GPPA, but I realy cannot afford to pay membership for three people for only a few days of playing, this might sound petty, but you can only spend what you got. Thanks in advance for any help Greg

 

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[warsawdaddy]

Ask the same on this site:

http://www.coloradoprospector.com
GPAA membership covers all the family.I believe basic fee for card only is around $39,w/guide it's 40 something and with magazine it's more.But the colorado guys can probably help you out.HH

 

[Just Lookin]

Warsawdaddy, Thanks for your help! I posted on that stite this am, I am sure they will help me out. Like i stated purely R & R, don't expect to get rich!! Just want to have fun. When i was a child many years ago i was raised on a farm, every summer after wheat harvest and the beens and corn were to tall to cultivate my folks and I would hook up the camper and go to Colorado for 2-3 weeks, "Best Time Of My Life", I will never forget those days, so I have dreamed of doing this for years, seems like something allways came up. Thanks again Greg

 

[Hoser John]

GoldDredger.com is a great spot full of folks who have claims and work that and others areas close to the Ak.Tons a au 2 u 2-John

 

[Just Lookin]

Thanks Hoser, I will check those folks out.
See Ya Greg

 

[Itburnsus]

Last summer my partner and I joined the GPAA at a rock shop just outside of Buena Vista. We were working in Leadville installing speed limit, stop, and other signs. If I remember right, there were 2 GPAA claims in between Buena Vista and Leadville, the one closest to Buena Vista being a whopping 440 acres! It was easily accessible by car, with only a short walk to the river below required. Good place to learn to pan.
The next claim we tried was closer to Granite, Co and was 40 acres large. It was a new claim, so there were no reports on what kind of gold was found there. Since we had just started panning/sluicing ourselves, we only found a little color there. The road to this claim was rougher than the Buena site, but we still made it in an old Chevy Celebrity. I would LOVE to go back up there and M/D, and use my Keene's Hydro-Jig, but this claim is panning and sluicing only. Oh well. Good thing my buddy's dad owns a ball mill. I have enough concentrates to last the winter, and the dirt/flour gold ratio compares to Felix's paydirt, minus the nuggets. Colorado Kicks Butt!

 

[stillstewed]

I'M FROM COLORADO EMAIL ME AT YAHOO.COM I'LL GIVE YA MY PHONE NUMBER AND ASSIST YOU IN ANYWAY I CAN...THE ARKANSAS IS MOSTLY CLAIMED BETWEEN SALIDA AND UP...BUT SOME SPOTS CAN BE FOUND AROUND HARVARD LAKES ...