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Canada, British Columbia
Fort Steele BC
Wild Horse River panning reserve
Gold ground Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
GoldAlso reported: occasional small pickers, black sand.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: public panning reserve on the Wild Horse River, scene of the 1864 Kootenay gold rush and the vanished town of Fisherville
Listed on the province's official recreational panning reserve roster; the Wild Horse produced tens of thousands of ounces in the 1860s and still gives colours
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Swift creek in freshetRough gravel access road, bears
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