Gold Mining Adventures in the Camp on the Mokulmne River

By: Roaringcampgold.com

Roaring Camp is a gold mining camp on the Mokulmne River California. It is a camp that is specially tailored for family recreation. It was once mined by the Forty-Niners and was so inaccessible that most of its gold still exists. At Roaring Camp, guests are invited to see the gold mine operation and are allowed to mine for their own gold by panning, sluicing, dredging and dry washing. This place is so rich in natural resources that there are a number of interesting activities for everyone in the family. In the Mokulmne River Canyon there are three forks of the Mokulmne River that meet making it a river of unsurpassed natural beauty where the water is so clear that fish and tadpoles swim. There are also waterfalls and rock formations that go as high as forty feet!  . There is a quiet, secluded place called a “swimming hole” where guests may go for a swim and varying sized rocks which is ideal for diving – for those who dare. Aside from diving and swimming, families may make reservations for the use of a cabin or a tent and camp. While camping they may have a picnic by the river where tables and a fire ring are set. Guests also have miles to river to explore, go rafting and fish for Rainbow Trout or German Brown. Families may even go hiking and enjoy trails leading down to the Mokulmne River. Since there are miles of unexplored canyon, you may be able to find quartz crystals, jasper, jade and river rubies. Then on Saturday Night, there is a Cookout Dinner which is a five hour trip into the canyon. Dinner is a hearty New York Stead BBQ. This dinner would cost non-campers a fee of $50 and is free for campers. As this dinner is part of the guided tour, guests are brought to the Museum, Camp and the Placer Gold Mine where the guide will also show you how to pan for gold. Now, the gold mining adventures California has begun. It all starts with a trip to the Placer Gold Mine where guests are invited to mine for their own gold. Visitors may also obtain gold by dredging which may be done with the use of gold dredge. This is done by a machine that extracts gold from sand, gravel and dirt using water and mechanical methods. The other method of obtaining gold is through the sluice method. This is done when gold bearing gravel piles are dug off the bedrock and are made to run through the screening plant to remove the larger stones. Piles are limited and advance reservations have to be made. This method will cost $325 per person plus cabin rent. The fee also included all mining equipment and help from Roaring Camp’s crew. Have fun and enjoy gold mining adventures at Roaring Camp Mining Co.

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Guided Gold Mining Tours and Outdoor Adventures

By: Roaringcampgold.com

Roaring Camp Mining Co. is a gold mining camp on the Mokulmne River. It is located at the Clinton Bar in the Mokulmne River Canyon. It is a place described to be so beautiful that a traveler once wrote in the 1855 newspaper named Volcano Ledger – “the most beautiful landscape ever witnessed was there spread out to our enraptured view. Who could look upon that scene and not be reminded of Nature’s God?” This place is so blessed that it is not only the landscape but also the gold that can be found in this place. This place is an old gold mining camp which was once mined by the 49ers, and was only accessible by horseback. Since the camp was so inaccessible, much of its gold still remains. Roaring Camp has prepared outdoor adventures and fun activities and guided gold mining tours for their guests. For an affordable fee of $40 per person, the camp has programmed an All-Day Adventure which includes outdoor adventures and fun activities. Their guided gold mining tour includes a trip to the remote Mokulmne Canyon which was then mined by the 49ers and are still being mined today. Visitors are then brought to see their Placer Gold Mining Operations, their Wildlife and Mining Artifacts Museum and the ruins of the past where old mining equipment is kept. Guests are also shown how to pan for gold and where they may purchase the patented pans. Some outdoor adventures and fun activities such as collecting rocks like jaspers, jade, river rubies and quartz crystals; hiking along the trails once used by the 49ers, rafting and exploring miles of river, swimming in swimming holes and diving from natural rock formations around the swimming holes. Other outdoor adventures and fun activities like gold mining adventures may also be done. If a reservation has been made ahead of time, guests may obtain gold through the sluicing process. Gold bearing gravel piles are dug up from bedrock and are run through a screening plant to remove the larger rocks which are non-gold bearing material. Then a sluice box, water, settling pond and the equipment needed for mining is provided. Water will be supplied for 3 hours a day – 1 ½ hours in the morning and another 1 ½ hours in the afternoon. This process will take 5-6 days to finish. Then everyone in the operation gets an equally divided portion of what has been mined. This process would cost $325 per person which includes cabin rent. Should you wish to have fun in a gold mining camp, visit Roaring Camp Mining Co. and mine for your own Gold!

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