We are working to schedule classes and lessons on how to hunt and process gold and gems. We will teach you the ins and outs of how to get started on your own hunt. Please visit our Events/Calendar by clicking here. If you would like to attend a class please feel…

The earliest recording of gold mining activity in Virginia began about 1804 as placer mining, followed quickly by lode mining. Mining continued unabated until the onset of the California Gold Rush, at which point most serious speculators moved west. Production continued at a low level until the Civil War, when it virtually ground to a…