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Enviro-Gold Placer mine for Sale, Joint Venture, or lease. Mine is located 11 kilometers from newly developed Victoria Golds hard rock mine.The creek … |
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Melba Creek Gold Mine Proven Placer Claims Priced to Sell Located in Yukon, Canada. Proven Placer claim priced to sell. 2.21 Miles square is the siz … |
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Alaska Placer Gold Mine – Active and Ready to Go Gold, Turnkey, Partial Trade, Equipment, Permits, Camp, Active & Ready to Go The area is rich in gold mining history, beginning in 1910. Anvil Creek claims consist of … |
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The Scribner Creek Dawson City 6 Gold Claims For Sale on Scribner Creek Scribner creek has easy access, proven gold, and is well suited for mining. There are 6 cl … |
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Emerald Mining Property in Brazil Rich in Reserves and quality The emerald mine held by the company is rich in reserves and the product quality is very g … |
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Union Bar Placer Leases Fraser River Gold 356 Gold Mine Acres for Sale, Easy Access, great potential, warm climate, mined 8 troy oz … |
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Lower Grandview Mine 20 Acre Oregon Mining Claim For Sale The potential output of the Grandview mine is truly astounding. 20 Lode Mining and One Mil … |
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Enviro-Gold2 Placer mine Forty three claims with 2-mile lease .Multiple contact zones, proven .Fine gold, mostly 12 … |
Featured Gold Canada, Yukon |
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Prime Bluestone Quarry Portfolio TWO TRACTS TOTALING 884± ACRES THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA (SUSQUEHANNA & DAUPHIN COUNTIES) Located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s productive bluestone region |
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Fantastic Placer Mining Opportunity Complete First-class Turnkey Operation, producing claims and virgin ground Ready-to-go immediately. Ability to produce 1,000 ounces Au in first year on existing Domi … |
Featured Gold Canada, Yukon |
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Boundary Red Mountain Mine Patented Gold Mine For Sale - USA Previously Producing Patented Gold Mine for Sale in the USA. $1.6 Billion Estimated & Infe … |
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102 Yukon Gold Placer Claims – Indian River & Quartz Creek 102 High Quality Yukon Gold Placer Claims for Sale with Proven Gold |
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The Aurora Gold mine is one of those lost treasures that has been nearly completely forgotten about. Although its history notes it as a very substantial gold producing property, it sits hidden back in the trees, and what people cannot see, they forget. The Aurora was a complex of a few thousand feet of underground workings. It boasted a few fine tipples, rail cars, a small tram system and a few buildings for the miners to stay on site.
Located near Basin, Montana, USA.
Our surveyors reported that the easiest way to access the mine was from the Powerline road, south of the mine. The road is rather well maintained and could be traversed with a good AWD. There is a great campsite at the end of the road and it’s only a short hike of less than 500 feet to the mine from camp.
The mine camp is staged out into 3 levels. Each of the levels had a drift level into the mine, but the best mine entrance is at the top of the hill. The workings of the mine are currently inaccessible, but there is a good sized hole above the upper entrance that is blowing a bit of air. It is set against some solid rocks and would only take a few hours to re-open by hand with a shovel. This would require no bonds and no notice of operation.
The lower adits are in worse shape and would take a bit more work to re-open. According to the USGS, the largest and most productive level was the upper adit, but all of the adits were interconnected via raises. There is no water damage visible and the river is still 200? below the mines, so navigating all of the levels should be relatively easy from the upper level.
The historic reports document gold, silver and chalcopyrite as the exports. Silver is everywhere here, rich and is in its native form, beautiful and interspersed with the quartz and gold. A small mill in Basin did the processing of the gold for the Aurora, while the reports should be viewed as inaccurate as miners wanted to pay as little taxes as possible, they do give valuable assay information, showing that ores averaged 3 oz. gold, 85 oz. silver and 21 lbs of copper per ton. Not a bad return from a bit of rock.
The old tipple between the 2nd and top level is still standing and has some very rich ores still in the hoppers. There is a foundation of a small cabin up top, and a possible boarding house at the second level. A large, 50s era gasoline sign lies in the tailings at the second level as well, which further documents the last workings of the mine.
The lowest level of the mine camp is in good condition and sits low in the trees. Foundations from two cabins can be found in the trees and the remnants of the old mining trails are still visible through the thick pines. Surveyors reports many small tools (hammers, pliers and drills) in the undergrowth. It’s a nearly forgotten mine, even though it produced thousands of dollars in gold and silver as late as the 1970’s.
The main challenge is access. The upper access seems the best and allows for good camping while still keeping close to all the required services.