
(6) How and where to find colored gemstones (for instance, I found what could be a $trillion in colored gemstones in Wyoming, as well as $billions in gold in Wyoming and Alaska).Ī couple of books that will help in your search for gold and gemstones:

(5) How & where to prospect for diamonds (I think this one would be great, as North America (particularly Canada) is booming because of the many gold and diamond discoveries - something that could easily happen in the US), (4) How to identify other valuable minerals that are often found with gold, such as diamonds, tin, tungsten, ruby, sapphire, benitoite, platinum, palladium, gem-quality garnet, etc. (2) How to recognize gold and other minerals and rocks, I know of several, very educated people who have been out of work for more than a year and Obama does not give a. We have millions of unemployed in the country thanks to Obamanomics, and no visible future for most of these people. Why not do a similar program, but have the prospectors do things right - it would be entertaining and also educational.

Did they do anything right? Not that I noticed. They need to learn about beneficiation of the gravel before minnig and purchasing a mill, they are not the brightest when it comes to leasing a property (nothing more needs to be said), how about mine and water permits, building living structures on a claim without having any idea of what is there, and more. These wanabe prospectors should have first investigated a gold prospect by taking bulk samples prior to purchasing a few hundred thousand dollars in mining equipment. Garnet tells us that there are rich diamond deposits nearby in On the gold flake? Its a gemstone and this rare variety of Similar samples may also have gem-Įver seen this mineral? Its a 100-carat, high-quality pinkĪnd look at all of this gold! Did you see the little red garnet Just another rock? Nope, this one has gem-quality garnet, Valuable than gold! Yet they are often missed in gold pans.Įxtraordinary gemstones found in anthills and in creeks.

More than $1 million/carat and are 100,000 times more So what is wrong with doing things right, or a TV program to educate prospectors on how to do things right.Īny idea of what these minerals are? Some are worth more It's more than obvious they have a lot of money backing them, otherwise they would have been out of business in the first week. These people need help with gold prospecting. A bunch of out-of-work people from the West coast who make every possible mistake in attenpting to mine placer gold. While watching a new series titled, "Gold Rush Alaska", I couldn't help but being distracted by the antics of this group of wanabe prospectors. Diamonds you may have panned out in creeksĪnd didn't realize they were in your gold pan?
