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North Saskatchewan River bars, the Battlefords

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Flour gold panned from big-river bars since the 1880s Saskatchewan gold excitement

Documented placer occurrence in provincial records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

soft bars, current

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