elcome
to the home page of the GoldShooter mining club. GoldShooter was
founded May 2006 as a not for profit club by volunteer
experienced miners dedicated to bringing you more than just
another gold mining club in the state of Arizona. Members will
enjoy access to hundreds of acres of placer gold producing
claims located through out the state of Arizona. Club members
may keep all the gold and other valuable minerals that they
find. GoldShooter gold mining claims all have something unique
and valuable as well as gold. Our Columbia group claims are the
primary hub for GoldShooter. Columbia is located in the Bradshaw
mountains with some of the best gold mining history in the state
of Arizona. Our Columbia group mining grounds run through the
ghost town of Columbia to the Ghost town of Humbug, up Swilling
Gulch to the ghost town of Beacon Light, and include Rockwall
Gulch, Carpenter Gulch and the Gold Hill area. One story found
at "News Paper Archives dot com" tells of Jack Swilling
discovering Placer gold in Swilling Gulch so plentiful that he
had to send out for burros to pack the gold out of the gulch.
Columbia group claims are surrounded by multiple ghost towns
with over a hundred major lode gold mines that deposited placer
gold through out the entire area. Some of the most unique
historical artifacts in the state remain today. Area ghost towns
include Columbia, Humbug, Tip Top, Gillette, Packer, Bradshaw
City, Ft Tule, Cleator, Beacon light, CrownKing, Tiger and
others. Topography and geology: This ground, which lies within
the drainage area of Humbug Creek and its branches, Rockwell and
Carpenter creeks, has been eroded into sharp ridges and
alternating southward-trending canyons about 800 feet deep. The
prevailing accordant summits of the main ridges appear to
represent dissected remnants of the early Tertiary, pre-lava
pediment that extends south of Silver Mountain. Within this
area, the principal rocks consist of large bodies of mica
schist, surrounded by granite and intruded by numerous dies of
pegmatite and rhyolitic to granitic porphyry. The schist,
granite, and pegmatite are regarded as Pre-Cambrian in age, and
the porphyry as Mesozoic or Tertiary. The schistosity and the
dikes prevailingly strike northeastward. Considerable
pre-mineral and post-mineral faulting, principally of
northeastward strike, is evident. Post-mineral faults of great
magnitude follow some of the main gulches. Veins: The veins of
the Humbug area occur within fault fissures, mainly of
northeastward strike and steep northwestward dip. Their filling
consists of massive to coarsely crystalline, grayish-white
quartz, together with irregular masses, vainlets, and
disseminations of fine to course-grained pyrite and galena, in
places, arsenopyrite is abundant. A notable about of sphalerite
is reported in one vein. Most of the gold is contained within
the iron minerals. The galena is reported to carry a little gold
and locally as mush as 40 ounces of silver per ton. Some free
gold occurs as irregular vainlets and particles within fractures
and cavities in the quartz. In the completely oxidized zone,
which is generally of shallow irregular depth all of the gold is
free. These veins range in width from less than an inch up to 3
feet or more and persist of remarkably long distances along the
dike. One of them is traceable on the surface for more than
9,000 feet. The ore shoots, which have been found to range from
a few feet to a few hundred feet in length, are reported to
contain from 0.25 to 9 or more ounces of gold per ton.
GoldShooters Payson placer gold mining claims have what may be
the largest deposit of geodes in the state of Arizona. We have
placer gold mining claims In Franconia loaded with meteorites
and we have placer gold mining claims with tungsten / scheelite.
We even have placer gold mining claims with a beautiful vein of
native Arizona marble. All of our claims are in excellent gold
mining area's. Why not find the gold and other great treasures
all on the same outing? Bring your mining equipment with you or
we can arrange rental equipment for you. GoldShooter members
will enjoy mining, camping, hiking, and have the opportunity to
participate in historical guided tours with fascinating tales of
old. GoldShooter has outings for true to life lost treasure
hunts where all of the research has been done for you.
"Plan An Adventure" with Goldshooter. Here you will find our up
coming events and read the history associated with our tours
including;
The Ghost Towns, Our Under Ground Load Mine,
Skull Cave, Apache leap, Camp Grant and Door Way To The Gods.
"Raffle" go to the GoldShooter raffle page and enter to win all
your mining equipment and your own placer gold mining claim
today.
"Bradshaw Ghosts" reviews the history of the ghost towns in the
Bradshaw mountains where
our Columbia group claims are located.
"Store" is where you can shop for a variety of things for sale.
We sell ore samples, semi precious stones, mining claims and
mining related items from days gone by.
"Gold History & Law" reviews the evolution of gold mining and
the 1872 gold mining laws
of the United States of America.
"Claim Locators" GoldShooter representatives will locate
available placer mining claims on your behalf in areas of your
choosing. We will verify the availability and complete all of
the necessary documentation and filing with the proper agencies.
GoldShooter will guarantee the validity of the claim. Claim
location pricing may vary depending on the area of location.
"National Gold Mining Day" is brought to you by GoldShooter the
first weekend of March each year. This is the holiday that all
prospectors need for fun, food, camping, hiking and lots of
placer gold mining.
"GoldShooter Light" will come on at dusk during our outings so
that anyone who may become disoriented can find their way back
to base camp where emergency supplies and first aid products
will always be available. Arizona has more lost gold mines,
ghost towns, lost treasures, valuable minerals, gem stones and
unsolved mysteries than any other state. GoldShooter will
continue to expand our gold mining grounds and bring you
exciting new adventures.
Please review our site and email with any questions that you may
have. Members of our staff are available Monday through Friday
and will respond to inquiries in the order in which they are
received.
Reference:
"Arizona Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources"
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elcome
to the home page of the GoldShooter mining club. GoldShooter was
founded May 2006 as a not for profit club by volunteer
experienced miners dedicated to bringing you more than just
another gold mining club in the state of Arizona. Members will
enjoy access to hundreds of acres of placer gold producing
claims located through out the state of Arizona. Club members
may keep all the gold and other valuable minerals that they
find. GoldShooter gold mining claims all have something unique
and valuable as well as gold. Our Columbia group claims are the
primary hub for GoldShooter. Columbia is located in the Bradshaw
mountains with some of the best gold mining history in the state
of Arizona. Our Columbia group mining grounds run through the
ghost town of Columbia to the Ghost town of Humbug, up Swilling
Gulch to the ghost town of Beacon Light, and include Rockwall
Gulch, Carpenter Gulch and the Gold Hill area. One story found
at "News Paper Archives dot com" tells of Jack Swilling
discovering Placer gold in Swilling Gulch so plentiful that he
had to send out for burros to pack the gold out of the gulch.
Columbia group claims are surrounded by multiple ghost towns
with over a hundred major lode gold mines that deposited placer
gold through out the entire area. Some of the most unique
historical artifacts in the state remain today. Area ghost towns
include Columbia, Humbug, Tip Top, Gillette, Packer, Bradshaw
City, Ft Tule, Cleator, Beacon light, CrownKing, Tiger and
others. Topography and geology: This ground, which lies within
the drainage area of Humbug Creek and its branches, Rockwell and
Carpenter creeks, has been eroded into sharp ridges and
alternating southward-trending canyons about 800 feet deep. The
prevailing accordant summits of the main ridges appear to
represent dissected remnants of the early Tertiary, pre-lava
pediment that extends south of Silver Mountain. Within this
area, the principal rocks consist of large bodies of mica
schist, surrounded by granite and intruded by numerous dies of
pegmatite and rhyolitic to granitic porphyry. The schist,
granite, and pegmatite are regarded as Pre-Cambrian in age, and
the porphyry as Mesozoic or Tertiary. The schistosity and the
dikes prevailingly strike northeastward. Considerable
pre-mineral and post-mineral faulting, principally of
northeastward strike, is evident. Post-mineral faults of great
magnitude follow some of the main gulches. Veins: The veins of
the Humbug area occur within fault fissures, mainly of
northeastward strike and steep northwestward dip. Their filling
consists of massive to coarsely crystalline, grayish-white
quartz, together with irregular masses, vainlets, and
disseminations of fine to course-grained pyrite and galena, in
places, arsenopyrite is abundant. A notable about of sphalerite
is reported in one vein. Most of the gold is contained within
the iron minerals. The galena is reported to carry a little gold
and locally as mush as 40 ounces of silver per ton. Some free
gold occurs as irregular vainlets and particles within fractures
and cavities in the quartz. In the completely oxidized zone,
which is generally of shallow irregular depth all of the gold is
free. These veins range in width from less than an inch up to 3
feet or more and persist of remarkably long distances along the
dike. One of them is traceable on the surface for more than
9,000 feet. The ore shoots, which have been found to range from
a few feet to a few hundred feet in length, are reported to
contain from 0.25 to 9 or more ounces of gold per ton.
GoldShooters Payson placer gold mining claims have what may be
the largest deposit of geodes in the state of Arizona. We have
placer gold mining claims In Franconia loaded with meteorites
and we have placer gold mining claims with tungsten / scheelite.
We even have placer gold mining claims with a beautiful vein of
native Arizona marble. All of our claims are in excellent gold
mining area's. Why not find the gold and other great treasures
all on the same outing? Bring your mining equipment with you or
we can arrange rental equipment for you. GoldShooter members
will enjoy mining, camping, hiking, and have the opportunity to
participate in historical guided tours with fascinating tales of
old. GoldShooter has outings for true to life lost treasure
hunts where all of the research has been done for you. ![[Most Recent Quotes from www.kitco.com]](http://kitconet.com/images/quotes_7a.gif)
