Gold in Slippery Rock Creek?

[BustedShovel]

Wooooo old thread. Getting ready to do some test panning at Hell run and Slippery rock creek today. Rumor has it that there has been some sub-100 mesh found in the area, and allegedly some gemstone
This is ofcourse all anecdotal and hear-say. If i have any luck I'll post my results.

 

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[brianc053]

Wooooo old thread. Getting ready to do some test panning at Hell run and Slippery rock creek today. Rumor has it that there has been some sub-100 mesh found in the area, and allegedly some gemstone
This is ofcourse all anecdotal and hear-say. If i have any luck I'll post my results.

Thanks. Yes, it's an old thread but I'm still paying attention to it, and I'd love to see your results! Good luck!
- Brian

 

[BustedShovel]

Late on the results lol. Didn't find any color, but i did find a few smaller garnet shards and some black sand. I only panned for about a half hour because im a dummy and forgot my panning gloves and that water is hand numbing. Plenty of fishy looking spots to get a shovel into for some more test panning.

 

[NCprospector]

Late on the results lol. Didn't find any color, but i did find a few smaller garnet shards and some black sand. I only panned for about a half hour because im a dummy and forgot my panning gloves and that water is hand numbing. Plenty of fishy looking spots to get a shovel into for some more test panning.

Wow I can’t believe this post is still here... it’s been a while since I posted and checked the forum. I have found gold in the Hell run. Best gold is up by the parking lot off of Shaffer Rd. Right next to the lot the creek is loaded with vanport limestone bedrock, and the cracks are wonderful little gold catchers. Bring a hand gold dredge and a pan. Found some decent pieces in those cracks, as well as a mercury dime once. Let me know next time you plan to check it out, and I can meet you there.

Rich

 

[VonDigger]

I think there could be a few places down stream from Eckert Bridge that could be interesting.

 

[dawnhvr]

I live very close to the mill and I have panned my small creek. Few gold flecks found. Not worth keeping. Never found anything big. Found gold veins in quartz though

 

[dawnhvr]

In fact Shaffer rd Is extremely close to me. Laurel

 

[BustedShovel]

I was thinking the same thing. Was kicking around the idea of parking down by the Harris bridge and doing a little crevicing this weekend, maybe some sluicing if im feeling like a little bit of self abuse. Theres a ton of big cracks in the rock that are filled up to the brim with material that are begging to be scraped out.

Ill post up some results if i end up making it, provided the water level isnt sky high.

 

[BustedShovel]

Well, had a positive result. Found one small flake. However it took about 20 pans to find it. I dug around on some crevices and sandstone pockets. Decent amount of black sand and some garnet shards. Will definitely need a mini hand suction dredge to really clean out the crevices, but there is gold there. Apologies for the blurry pic,

 

[Lofreco]

Yes, there is gold here in SW PA. We are doing another trip to the creek this Sunday Sept 6 2020. Text me if you want to join us.
John
412-495-0734

 

[halfdime]

Yes, there is gold here in SW PA. We are doing another trip to the creek this Sunday Sept 6 2020. Text me if you want to join us.
John
412-495-0734

I just saw this post this morning (Sept 8). Any success on Sunday?

 

[JDprospecting]

Wow I can’t believe this post is still here... it’s been a while since I posted and checked the forum. I have found gold in the Hell run. Best gold is up by the parking lot off of Shaffer Rd. Right next to the lot the creek is loaded with vanport limestone bedrock, and the cracks are wonderful little gold catchers. Bring a hand gold dredge and a pan. Found some decent pieces in those cracks, as well as a mercury dime once. Let me know next time you plan to check it out, and I can meet you there.

Rich

I would love to meet with ya man, send me an email! [email protected]