Finding Gold in Washington State: 2005-6 Edition is a book functioning as an informational guide for small scale miners in Washington State.

This edition is even more packed with answers to reader questions of WHO / WHAT / WHERE / WHEN / WHY & HOW to find, recover, refine and profit from gold while prospecting.  The book includes even more gold prospecting suppliers and clubs one can join as well as state rules and contact addresses and phone numbers for state resource guides and rules.  The author also includes hot areas he has successfully prospected, as well as ones offered in e-mails from readers and other miners.  Also included is an interesting chapter on the politics of gold mining versus those who are actively trying to save salmon in the Pacific Northwest, and photos of some interesting hard rock mines and mining samples.  

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The next step is to pan off the lighter-weight hematite left behind and then push the flakes into a small pile on the pan’s bottom after you’ve poured all water out.  Using your thumb press onto the gold and then touch it to the water in a small water-filled vial.

If you know an insulin-dependent diabetic friend, ask them to save their little glass insulin bottles for you.  Such bottles work best for saving and viewing your concentrates.

The gold sinks out rapidly since it is heavier than lead.  Later, you can separate the fine black sand left behind with your gold by drying it out in a small blue or red or green cereal bowl. Then start blowing gently so that the fine dust is blown away and you are left with only 24-carat fine grains of gold. These can then be put into your sample vial for storage until sold or melted down by a jeweler or the U.S. Mint. The U.S. Mint will not take any gold that is less than 1 Troy ounce in weight. So don’t bother shipping it until you have that much to ship.  Make sure to insure your shipment with the U.S. Postal Service as well.