by RoaringCampGold | Jan 18, 2017 | Gold
Part of the fun of searching for gold in California is knowing just how rare it is. The history of gold points to a lot of other unique discoveries. After all, there are metals out there even more valuable than gold. Here are a handful that are even rarer! Iridium:...
by RoaringCampGold | Jan 11, 2017 | Gold Panning
Kids need to be active in order to learn. Sometimes, letting your children run around until they tire themselves out is viewed as a reprieve for adults. Yet activity doesn’t just tire kids out and make it easier for adults to manage them, it helps kids process...
by RoaringCampGold | Jan 4, 2017 | Gold
How did the California Gold Rush start? We often imagine miners coming up with a hunk of gold, but no – that’s not how it happened. On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall discovered gold flakes in the American River in Coloma. Marshall was helping to build a...
by RoaringCampGold | Dec 28, 2016 | Gold
We bet there’s a lot you don’t know about gold. Here are four facts that help tell gold’s story. Did you know: If you took all the gold that’s ever been mined out of the ground, more than 90-percent of it was extracted after the Gold Rush of...
by RoaringCampGold | Dec 21, 2016 | Gold Panning
What exactly is the draw of gold panning in California? Part of it’s the nature. It’s good to get away from it all for a while, away from the TVs and tablets and phones. We have wifi here if you want to watch a movie or need to get some extra work done,...
