
With the amount of gold and silver taken from the ground over the last 160 years it’s no wonder the estimate is over 23,000 abandoned mine sites throughout Colorado and folks are still coming to Colorado to see if anything was missed. There is an increasing interest in gold prospecting as a hobby or recreational pursuit. Prospecting is practiced by single individuals, families and gold prospecting clubs, and this isn’t even talking about all the “search for gold” TV shows that have been produced.
