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Spring Runoff is upon us. To aid you in gauging water flow, we will be running our stream flow list. OOPS! Forgot to put these up Friday. 6/03/2007 Arkansas River
Clear Creek
Boulder Creek at Boulder - 127 cfs South Platte @ Englewood- 1130 cfs - S. Fork 81 cfs - N. Fork 116 cfs ____________________________ Gold is measured using the troy system (french):
Hooked on Gold is pleased to bring to you this gold, silver, and metals chart, courtesy of Kitco, for your enjoyment. I don't know anyone that doesn't get a kick out of watching gold, silver, platinum and palladium move during the day. Scroll down to get the scoop on how the terminology you should be using effects how the mining laws cover you in your activities, and a look at the Prospectors code of Ethics.
A WORD ABOUT TERMINOLOGY: For anyone who is begining or is well on their way in their journey with metal, crystal or any type of activity that would be considered mining, please be aware that the terminology you use effects how the mining laws effect you. The term "Recreational Prospector" does not apply to prospecting, and says to authorities that you are not a serious prosector, and are not covered by the mining laws. The terms you need to be using to identify your activity include small mining operator, minerals prospector, professional prospector and terms that indicate that you are engaging in activity for profit not pleasure. The mining laws do not cover you if your activity is only for pleasure. We use the term "Recreational" as a search term ONLY so you can find us better. HOOKED ON GOLD is engaged in prospecting activities FOR PROFIT. We also enage in activities that will assist you in your successful pursuit of prospecting for profit. DREDGING/PROSPECTING REQUIREMENTS in the State of Colorado: In the State of Colorado, generally a 4 inch nozzle size is the largest you can use on public land. Some areas require smaller sizes, but larger sizes can be only be used on private claims with proper authorization, bonds, and other required restrictions as deemed necessary by the governing bodies. On the Arkansas River, and it's drainage, you are required to purchase a two year bond from the BLM for any motorized equipment except a dry washer. Panning and sluicing do not require this bond. These can be purchsed from the Arkansas Headwaters office in Salida. The charge in the past has been $25.00, but that is subject to change. Water quality issuses are also being raised, and we will keep you up on what we know when we know it. Highbanking in allowed areas is restricted to the high water marks, if you are on a river, and all water must be held in a holding pond before it is returned to the river, regardless of where you highbank. FILL IN YOUR HOLES! Fishermen and others who use the river are not apt to be sympathetic to you if they fall in your hole and injure themselves. We spent too many hours last year filling in holes that were not ours! If you make a mess, CLEAN IT UP! Pack out your trash, and leave an area better than when you arrived. We don't go to your state and leave a mess for someone else to deal with. If you aren't willing to do this small thing, we are going to lose our prospecting privileges. On that note, I leave you with the codes of ethics we expect everyone to abide by. HOOKED ON GOLD PRESENTS: THE PROSPECTORS' CODES OF ETHICS Many of you may not be aware that there is a prospectors or a metal detectorists code of ethics. Many of these codes deal with common sense ways to respect the land and other people's property. However, they do bear repeating. For your benefit we present them here. Please abide by them. Those of us who have prospected here for decades must deal with the regulations that are imposed by government entities, Federal, State, and local, when those who are here for the weekend or a week violate those codes and leave us with closed roads, prospecting and panning areas that are taken out of mineral entry, and reclamation that is costly, not to mention the liability. We love for you to visit our beautiful state, but please do it responsibly. Prospector's Code of Ethics Respect other prospectors' claims and do not work those claims without their owners permission. Fill in your prospecting holes. Appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife, fisheries, and private property laws or ordinances governing prospecting and mining. Be thoughtful, considerate, and courteous to those around you at all times. (For those of you who feel the need to pack a gun, please don't threaten anyone with it.) Build fires only in designated or safe areas in accordance with federal, state,and local laws. Be careful with fuels and motor oils. Do not fill pumps in the water! Remove and dispose of trash and debris that you find. Pack it in, pack it out. (sometimes we make more money on the cans we find than the gold!!!) Have the necessary permits and/or licenses on your person. Club members using a club site need to have their membership cards on them. Do not remove stream bank material, undermine vegetation or woody dams, or discharge excessive amounts of silt into the waterway. (Highbankers are required to use a tailings pond to hold the silt and settle it before it returns to the waterway.) Do not refuel motorized equipment in the stream or allow oil or fuel to drip onto the ground or in the water. Do not prospect in areas closed to prospecting or mining. Treasure Hunters Code of Ethics
Respect private property and don't hunt whithout the property owners permission. Fill in Your excavactions from treasure hunting. Appreciate and protect our heritage of natural resources, wildlife, and private property. Use thoughtfulness, consideration, and courtesy at all times. Build fires only in designated or safe areas. Remove and properly dispose of trash that you find; don't litter. Leave gates as found. Don't destroy property, buildings, or what remains of ghost towns or deserted structures. Don't tamper with signs, structural facilities, or equipment.
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