Gold Mining in the 21st Century

Everything You Need and Want to Know About Modern Gold Prospecting!

This one book outlines EVERYTHING a beginner will need and want to know about getting started at gold mining today, either as a part-time or commercial activity. In easy to understand language, supported by clear photographs and graphic demonstrations, this book covers all of the important subjects – including what gold is and looks likem, where it comes from and where to find it, how gold deposits form and how to find and recover them, and also touches upon the legal aspects of how to claim the gold for yourself.

This book covers up-to-date mining procedures of panning gold, sluicing, suction dredging, high-banking, dry-washing, hardrock mining, basic refining techniques, gold cleaning procedures, selling gold, and much, much more.

Herein lies the most comprehensive and thorough work on electronic prospecting techniques (locating gold with metal detectors) available in any publication on the market today.

Virtually an encyclopedia of modern gold mining techniques, there is no other book available that is more up to date, more simple to understand, or which covers the entire subject as thoroughly as this manual.

Author, Dave McCracken, recognized worldwide as today's leading authority in modern small-scale gold mining techniques, spends a healthy portions of his summer months introducing and training others in this exciting and rewarding outdoor activity. With this in mind, he created "Gold Mining in the 21st Century" as a field manual to cover every single important detail of small-scale modern gold mining techniques.