Hi to all, I just wanted to say hi to any members who read this posting. I am new to the site but not to prospecting. I am a Geology student and have had the
bug a while. I am coming to sample beautiful British Columbia in just a few weeks, cant wait. I am from the UK attending Leeds University and have a home in
Los Angeles. Prospecting does it for me. Hi all.
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New member just saying hello. UK
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Posts: 1157 (06/12/09 19:28:13) Moderator/Admin CMA paid member |
Welcome to the forum mesher5 , hope you enjoy yourself here ,and look forward to your posts.
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Posts: 1459 (06/12/09 21:38:14) Moderator/Admin CMA paid member |
Hello an welcome........Hhhmm.......sure be nice to have A Geo-student hanging around.....hint hint...
 .......maybe give us A few lesson's........an have A great time in
B.C......I'm sure you'll love it.
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Posts: 4 (06/13/09 08:15:23) |
Thank you guys for the welcome. What is the snow situation up there at the moment? I am in the US until term starts again at the end of September but am
itching to drive up there and have a look around. I still have a good bit of research to do on where to go. I completely understand the geo communicator here
in the us but not Canada. Nobody likes a claim jumper, so a bit of research into how to locate good land that hasn't been claimed up is a must for me
first.
I am hoping that other members of this site might have some information on how your system works. How to tell whether land has claims on it or not. Aris reports look like the first place to start. I will add a few pictures to my profile as soon as I get the hang of how to do it. Some of my nuggets and maybe one of my 47 year old mug shot. Oh my god I feel an awesome road trip coming on. Hey Cariboo Au the pan full of gold looks edible. Cool. Steve |
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Posts: 1158 (06/13/09 16:11:27) Moderator/Admin CMA paid member |
Steve here is a link to
Mineral tittles online. https://www.mtonline.gov.bc.ca/mtov/home.do And here is an informational link for rules, regs and what have you for mining in B.C. http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Titles/MineralTitles/Pages/default.aspx Hope this all helps. Lots of Reading for ya. 
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Posts: 5 (06/13/09 19:10:46) |
Hey thanks Ernie, nice to meet friendly prospectors. Never happens in California, must be a nicer breed of miner in BC. I will check those links out asap.
Happy hunting. Steve
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Posts: 1461 (06/13/09 21:13:12) Moderator/Admin CMA paid member |
For the most part the miner's up here are friendly an like nothing more then to swap A few good stories...........
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Posts: 99 (06/16/09 13:23:08) |
Welcome Mesher. Geo student eh? now where did that list of questions go?
 Snow levels vary depending on the elevation of where you prospect, but most creeks
are clear in the lower areas and some area barely even have any snow to be found, even on the peaks in shade. On some of the southern creeks i prospect the
snow has almost all gone and the runoff has even come down quite a bit but i still cant get into quite a few of the higher spots in some of the more northern
areas i like to go. If you do come up i hope you have a good trip and find a little color for your pan.
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Posts: 7 (06/16/09 18:06:32) |
Hey thanks Rolln, I won't be coming for a few weeks yet but am looking forward to it. do you have any places you would recommend that I could drive to? I
will drive up from Los Angeles and spend around 10 days with just hand tools and a sluice box. Just want to make sure I am not going to be looking in
area's that don't have anything in them. I have a full set of camping supply's and everything else I need. Just need a location even have a GPS but
no coordinates. I have the use of a cabin in East Kootenay but would rather be camping any where else where there is gold. If you have any information that
would be useful I would much appreciate the help. I have been dreaming of coming to BC for years and finally I am just going to drive up there. Cant wait.
Thanks mate. Steve
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- Announcements
- Help Files
- Mechanized Placer Mining
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Ladies Room
- Political
- New Member check in, meet & greet
- General Discussion
- PROSPECTING TIPS
- NUGGET HUNTING, METAL DETECTING,ETC
- PLANS , TIPS, AND PICTURES OF SMALL PORTABLE MINING EQUIPMENT
- CARIBOO AREA AND W.H.Y.
- HIXON AREA, PICS, INFO or w.h.y.
- SIMILKAMEEN AND TULAMEEN AREAS
- BC Lower Mainland Gold prospecting and mining
- VANCOUVER ISLAND NEWS ,TIPS,OR WHATEVER!
- U.S.NEWS, TIPS,OR WHATEVER.
- ROCK CREEK AND WEST KOOTENAY AREA
- Polls
- ALBERTA AREA FOR WHATEVER YOU LIKE
- Humour helps!
- MINING, HISTORICAL EQUIPMENT, GHOST TOWN, ETC PICTURES
- 21st Century Miners Tales
- Holloway Bar link
- Central interior area
- Thompson Nicola region
- CLASSIFIEDS, FOR SALE AND WANTED
