Comments on: What is the laws with gold panning, where can i do it.? http://backhoerental.org/blog/what-is-the-laws-with-gold-panning-where-can-i-do-it/ Great Information on Renting A Backhoe Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:41:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mariner31 http://backhoerental.org/blog/what-is-the-laws-with-gold-panning-where-can-i-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-126 mariner31 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:58:53 +0000 #comment-126 You're certainly right about private property !! If I caught you panning on MY land in Calaveras County, the law gives ME any gold you obtained as well as charging YOU with trespassing. AND there are plenty of areas up there that are Bureau of Land Management owned, BUT have existing mineral claims. We don't SHOOT claim-jumpers any longer, but... Park Land will have varying rules... Here are some sites dealing with Tuolumne County and the Rest of the Gold Country: http://www.fabuloustravel.com/index.php?option=com_resource&controller=article&category_id=394&article=21947 http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/eldorado96.asp Check HERE for the Laws, Rules, and Regulations: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/minerals.html GOOD LUCK !! You’re certainly right about private property !! If I caught you panning on MY land in Calaveras County, the law gives ME any gold you obtained as well as charging YOU with trespassing. AND there are plenty of areas up there that are Bureau of Land Management owned, BUT have existing mineral claims. We don’t SHOOT claim-jumpers any longer, but…

Park Land will have varying rules…

Here are some sites dealing with Tuolumne County and the Rest of the Gold Country:

http://www.fabuloustravel.com/index.php?option=com_resource&controller=article&category_id=394&article=21947
http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/articles/eldorado96.asp

Check HERE for the Laws, Rules, and Regulations: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/prog/minerals.html

GOOD LUCK !!

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