H-2 Charlie Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Doing a ride along with my nephew next week to vegas for a over niter biss trip.I have herd of the jonnie district but can anyone tell me of a sure fire area outside Vegas to look ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Gold Basin.I had a few business trips to AZ, and the place I found was about 2.5 hours away. North of Dolan Springs is Gold Basin. Lots of private land and club claims. At the time I was in the GPAA and used the Bade Claims. Access was not terrible, but remote. I had a 4 WD pick up and think I needed that or a bike. Never entered 4WD, but still remote enough off non-maintained roads. Known more for meteorites than gold. Personally, found neither, but still had a great time.May be other places West of NV, but I was driving up from Phoenix so only looked East of Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Charlie, I live in Vegas, you will have to travel a little to get to placer areas. Like Chrisski says Gold Basin, Arizona is one place. The Johnnie district just above Pahrump is another. Those are about the closest places with a great chance to find color. There are other little known area's , but just like Las Vegas, your odds are greater at the 2 places mentioned above. Good Luck..Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garimpo Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 DD is Rosie's Den still up and running? Best dang ham and egg breakfast in the world. Rosie was still alivethen, she's probably gone now. Then less than half a mile So. was the White Hills Road. Looks like it's pavednow. Couldn't believe that four lane highway. My first nugget was in White Hills. Had just bought a brand new Minelab XT 17000 and followed two other peopleinto White Hill. I stopped to find my first nugget in about 1 1/2 hour and the other two folks left. After I found the nugget I was completely lost. I stayed on what I thought was the main road or "trail". After several hours I spotted a semi-trailer on a highway way East of me. In going there I had to drive through a herd of cattle, the trail was nowjust a path but the 4x4 Chevy made it to the highway. Didn't know which way to turn so I just went to the right. A few miles down that highway I was in a small town called Dolan Springs! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdigger Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 You are right , Rosie is no longer with us except in spirit, Rosies Den is up and Running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsumbdy Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Good basin has much more area to look, and I think someone with a basic knowledge of prospecting could do well there. Johnnie is a bit closer, but I think you have to spend more time there to figure it out. I have spent more time in Johnnie and done fairly well out there, even found a couple of 10+gram nuggets. Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Is Johnnie the area just a bit west of Searchlight..?If not, what's it called..? Small lode location seems I'd heard..?Swamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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