Dave McCracken

This book outlines everything a beginner will need and want to know about getting started at gold mining today, either as a hobby or as a small-scale 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 like, where it comes from and where to find it, how gold deposits and how to find and recover it, and also touches on the legal aspects of how to claim the gold for yourself. Some of the topics covered are panning, sluicing, dredging, highbanking, drywashing, electronic probing, hardrock mining, cleaning procedures, and much, much more.