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    Welcome to 802 Prospecting

    Sustainable Green Mining

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    802 Prospecting searches for new gold deposits, ranging from hobbyist panning in streams for small flakes and flour gold (placer gold) to professional large scale mining operations. It involves using geological clues, panning, sluicing, metal detecting, and digging to find gold in its natural forms, understanding how water and erosion concentrate it, and identifying areas with potential gold-bearing rocks and locations.  We allways keep the enviroment in mind

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Gold Prospecting Adventuers & Classes

    Full day Adventures

    Overnight

    3 Hour Classes

    Gold Sniping (snorking for gold)

    Gold Proscpenting Education

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Gold Proscpenting Education

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    Class Room Only

    Compleat Outdoor Adventure

    Gold Proscpenting Education

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    Three days, tw0 nights of: Gold Panning, Fly Fishing, Foraging, Hiking, Camping, Open Fire Cooking

    Small Operation Prospecting

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    Commercial Prospecting

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    The Gold Blog

    Sustainable Green Mining

    Sustainable green mining can be applyed to all levels of mining. Even if you are just out panning.


    Sustainable green mining is an approach to extracting minerals that minimizes environmental harm and maximizes long-term social and economic benefits by using cleaner technologies, reducing waste, conserving water, and rehabilitating land, ensuring resources are available for the future while protecting ecosystems and communities. It integrates environmental stewardship, economic viability, and social responsibility through innovation in energy efficiency, waste management, and site restoration.  

     

    • Reduced Environmental Footprint Minimizing habitat disruption, water pollution, and air emissions (like CO2)
    • Energy Efficiency & Renewables: Using electrification, AI, and solar/wind power to reduce reliance on diesel and fossil fuels.
    • Water Management: Implementing closed-loop systems and reusing rainwater to conserve water.
    • Waste Minimization & Circularity: Recycling mine tailings (waste rock) and finding uses for byproducts.
    • Land Reclamation: Restoring mined sites for other uses, like reservoirs or forests, after operations cease.
    • Social Responsibility: Ensuring worker safety, engaging with local communities, and transparent operations. 
    • Electrification of Heavy Machinery: Replacing diesel engines with electric ones to cut emissions.
    • Precision Mining: Using data and AI to extract resources more accurately, reducing waste.
    • Advanced Water Treatment: Treating and reusing water within the mine. 

    Why It Matters:
    Green mining addresses the environmental damage often associated with traditional mining, making resource extraction compatible with global sustainability goals, including the transition to a low-carbon economy.  


    LEAVE NO TRACE ~ IF YOU PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT

    Gold Prospecting Recreation

    Reservation Required

     

    Vermont,

    • Phone: 802-734-7379
    • Length: 3-hour classes, full day adventures, overnights
    • Cost: starting at $120 per person for 3-hour class, Full day adventures starting at $1,200. Over night starting at $5,000 
    • Season: March-October
    • Type of prospecting: Panning, sluicing, high banking, dredging. Gold prospecting and gem hunting.
    • Equipment: Provided
    • Instruction: Experienced Prospecter
    • Lodging: Lodging/camping nearby
    • Meals: Bring your own, available nearby or provided on the overnight adventure


    Learn how to find gold in New England from an experienced prospector.

    We offer 3-hour instructional classes up on the rivers and mineral-rich areas of New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. 


    Our goal is to introduce and inform those interested in gold prospecting and gem hunting to the world of prospecting. We have all the equipment you will need for an exciting adventure.


    Learn how to prospect for GOLD in the rivers and streams of New England…and find your own GOLD!


    Learn all about gold and where it comes from Learn panning and sluicing techniques All equipment included for use that day Keep all the gold you find!


    Class size from 2-4 people
    Classes take place in Plymouth VT

    Contact Us

    CONTACT US FOR A UNFORGETABLE GOLD PANNING ADVENTURE!

    802 Prospecting

    (802) 734-7379 / jonestj39@gmail.com

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