This website is about placer mining in BC - finding and mining gold
that has been deposited by moving water. It is not about "hard rock"
mining in solid rock.
Placer mining can be as simple as using a shovel and a gold pan in a creek.
Although gold pans are great for testing, a hand-mining operation usually involves a water pump and a sluice box or highbanker.
A machine-digging operation generally uses a backhoe or larger excavator and a more sophisticated "wash plant" for processing - separating the gold from the pay dirt.
Of course, there are
laws and regulations
that govern all of this.
NEW
On December 3, 2019, the government issued a new version of
Information Update No. 38 about hand-mining rules.
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Click on the MTO Maps etc. link in the main menu, above, and then click on the Making Maps link.
This website has been made available to help people. The owner does
not claim to be an expert and all information is provided
"as is" with no guarantee that it is correct or fit
for any particular purpose.
Use the information from this website At Your Own Risk.
The Ministry knows that you and your buddy working a placer claim aren't likely to add a lot to the wealth of the province, but you may discover a large, rich deposit that does.
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