Arizona Mining Partner

[cheechawker]

Looking for a partner to join me prospecting and mining Arizona this winter.
I'm 50 years old, easy going but serious about the gold. Have been prospecting and mining for 15 years.
Looking to drywash and metal detect gold in the Mojave Desert and looking for someone to drive.
I have a 4x4 truck we can use if needed.
I'm also interested in prospecting some of the old drift mines with the possibility of opening one back up. If you know how to rappel that would be great.
I have 2 metal detectors, a Proline dredge/highbanker combo, clean up sluice,sluices,pans etc.
I also have a 2 stroke Echo leaf blower vac pack that can vacuum bedrock as well as power a drywasher.
Looking for someone who has a drywasher already or we can buy a used one, I have a motor for it like I said.
I have found open ground to prospect in numerous locations.
Would like to mine and camp full time.
Lets get some gold...

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Welcome and Good Hunting !

 

[djackson7348]

Welcome from North Carolina and best of luck to you!

 

[GirlWithWolf]

Good luck finding a partner and on your hunt.

 

[teleprospector]

Welcome !
Jon from s/e Michigan

 

[Terry Soloman]

Bradshaw, Weaver, LSD? Where will you be prospecting?

 

[vpnavy]

...Looking for a partner to join me prospecting and mining Arizona this winte...

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard!

2nd - I moved ya from NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS over to ARIZONA for more exposure.

NOTE: Forum NEW MEMBER INSTRODUCTIONS Description: New to TreasureNet? Introduce yourself to our community here! Welcome aboard and Happy Hunting!

 

[leadnugget]

welcome cheechawker.
we have some of the best weather in the us for winter camping.
today it is 77 and nice and dry, very comfortable.
it can also get very cold after the sun goes down.
lots and lots of free desert dispersed camping.
tips... bring 20 gallons of water, bust a radiator you are
going to find out.
have a good tool set. i hope you have good tires and a good spare tire. sharp rocks off road is no joke.
know your limitations off road. i have had more than a few trips ruined pulling people out of the desert
that were in over there vehicles abilities. one time it was me.
bring the gmt and the vac pack. leave the dredge, there's no water.
there's a guy selling a dry washer on craigslist just east of Yuma, check it out.
i would stay out of them coyote holes if i were you.

good luck i hope you find a bunch.

 

[cheechawker]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard!

2nd - I moved ya from NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS over to ARIZONA for more exposure.

NOTE: Forum NEW MEMBER INSTRODUCTIONS Description: New to TreasureNet? Introduce yourself to our community here! Welcome aboard and Happy Hunting!

Thank you

 

[cheechawker]

Bradshaw, Weaver, LSD? Where will you be prospecting?

I'm open for suggestions for sure but I'm looking into the Greaterville or La Paz areas to start. Maybe Gold Basin. I'm also interested in checking out the Huachuca Mtns area and joining the club down there to prospect their claims.
There's so many areas to research and I'm brand new to the state of Arizona. Doing my research one county and one district at a time. It's very time consuming but something I enjoy.
Any advice on pulling location notices with the BLM for areas in question? I used to send them an email with all the active claims I wanted to see and they would eventually send me the location notices so I could plot them out on a map and understand exactly what ground is open or not. In the past it would take them weeks or months to finally send the info requested. Does anyone know of another way to get exact locations of active claims? The MLRS map just shows approximate location correct? County clerk maybe?
Is there anyone who mines on Arizona State Lands? I've read that it's possible but very restrictive. Some of the good ground is located on State land. Is it worth it?
Lastly what about mining on any of the Indian Reservations? I've heard that some people have worked out deals to mine on reservation land? Percentage?
Thanks

 

[leadnugget]

Indian Reservations... nope. i had a very bad introduction to the native police 34 years ago.
ill tell you what that cop told me after telling me he could take my motorcycle and give it to his kid.
(don't you ever come back here, and tell your white friends to stay the hell off the reservation.)
that was out by phoenix international raceway, on the salt river. i was a 17 year old kid. Didn't even know i was on the reservation.
my fault. never again.

i really felt safer driving around down in Mexico.

Arizona State Lands. i wish claydiggings wasn't banned here he would have better info.it can be done, but it will cost you money.
a prospecting fee and a reclamation bond and i think a percentage maybe.
there is some rich state land. a spot i know of has illegal mining that has been going on for years. looks like a war zone.
maybe someday the state will come in and bust them?

location notices. myself, i pull them from the county recorder website and make my own maps of areas i like.

blm is a mess showing closed claims that are not. very muddy waters.

there is very good ground being held by the prospecting clubs here.
might want to look into it. it can get you closer to areas that are open ground.

i have seen a few times,areas that are just off club claims that are very rich, and not under claim.

i would love to say more but the price of gold has been getting a bit high, and bringing the claim flippers out.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Mining Claims Maps

 

[gold kruzer Jerry]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard!

2nd - I moved ya from NEW MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS over to ARIZONA for more exposure.

NOTE: Forum NEW MEMBER INSTRODUCTIONS Description: New to TreasureNet? Introduce yourself to our community here! Welcome aboard and Happy Hunting!

Thanks for getting me to the right place ! I appreciate your help !

 

[jmoneyyuma]

Thanks for getting me to the right place ! I appreciate your help !

Find any info? I’ve lived in Yuma for a while but I’m finally able to get out and explore. Direct message me

 

[gold kruzer Jerry]

Working the area around Vulture mine.

 

[GirlWithWolf]

Lastly what about mining on any of the Indian Reservations? I've heard that some people have worked out deals to mine on reservation land? Percentage?

It has been done but in all honesty I would avoid it like the plague. There is a lot of bad history and even if you get a council to go along with it there are other factors to consider. I’ll leave it at that.

Indian Reservations... nope. i had a very bad introduction to the native police 34 years ago.
ill tell you what that cop told me after telling me he could take my motorcycle and give it to his kid.
(don't you ever come back here, and tell your white friends to stay the hell off the reservation.)
that was out by phoenix international raceway, on the salt river. i was a 17 year old kid. Didn't even know i was on the reservation.
my fault. never again.

i really felt safer driving around down in Mexico.

Sorry that happened to you. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize you were just a kid that accidentally crossed an invisible border. But because of situations like that your “nope” is sound advice. Even I have had my own run ins on occasion because I have some white blood and my skin is very light.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Whatever happened with Claydiggins? I guess I missed all that.