Lets start with the basics here shall we? Take a look at this Gold Fact Sheet from Professor J. F. Banfield of the University of California Berkeley for everything you wanted know about gold but never thought to ask. Professor Banfield's main site also has a section on gems as well that is absolutely fascinating! Thank you, Professor, for allowing us to reference your site!

Now what role does gold play in our economy? Take a look at Goldseek's site and you can read for hours on the Gold and Silver markets! A real-time readout of the current price of Gold, Silver, and other precious commodities as well as charts of Gold Futures and Gold Lease contracts! It really is a fascinating financial page to read on gold and certainly provides a large amount of insight.

Probably one of the more informative and most charming articles to be read is from the Sacramento Bee. They have set up an extremely fun site dedicated to the Gold Rush that is sure to spark the gold bug in you. Be sure to give it a read.

Ken Lane's Gold Prospecting page is said to be the very first gold web site created. It has a lot of good information about what gold is, what you need to get started plus how and where to find it in Southern California.

OK, now lets get to the real stuff you can sink your gold picks into:

How To Guides:

• The Gold Pan & How To Use It
• Sluicing For Gold 101
• The Gold Dredge
• Introduction to the Power Sluice
• Introduction to Hooka Diving

Product Editorials:

• Model 5109, 5 Inch Dredge- by Caesar J. Milch
• Electronic Prospecting by Jimmy Sierra Normandy
• Model 4505PH, 3 Stage, Four Inch Gold Dredge by Dave Knowlen
• Rock Crushers and Roller Mills by AU Laboratories

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