This section might just need a little 'splainin' for those who are lookin' in on us from elsewhere 'round the country.

The Gold Prospectors of the Rockies conducts Gold Panning Demonstrations for interested groups in the Denver, Colorado, area. To give our demos that extra flair, we like to dress up in period clothing--any period from around 1800 to the present, that is! You see, every decade has had its own gold prospectors!

At our panning demos you might see one of us in contemporary hip-waders, another in bib-overalls, and yet another as a sheriff about to give up his badge to head for the gold fields. And some of us hark back a few years in our costumes to the 1800s.

We have here a few good solid informational links for our panning demonstrators. Good info for reenactors, too!

• Clothing of the 1830s   Every sewing stitch had to be done by hand.
• Costume of the Gold Rush   Entrepenuers marketed clothing, hats, and boots to outfit men for the gold fields.
• How Should a Woman Dress?   A nifty look at women's period costume.
• How To Be a Pistolero   Nearly all you'll ever need to know about being a reenactor!
• How to Select an Old West Outfit   Serves as a general guide for anyone who wants to assemble a Western getup.
• Past Patterns   Hundreds of patterns to make your own costumes ranging from 1789 through the 1940s.
• Suggested Wardrobe and Equipment   The choices of 1880s clothing and style define your character in an instant.

• Colorado Gold Prospecting   (Granite CO)
• Colorado Prospector   (Details access to Colorado public lands . . . membership fee required)
• Faith Creek Camp   (69 miles NW of Fairbanks, AK. RV camping, recreational mining, gold panning and sluicing.)
• Lost Canyon Gold   (Granite CO)

• Faith Creek Camp, Alaska   (Clarence & Pat Douthett)
• Golden Optimist   (Leonard Leeper)
• Goldhunter   (Rick Miska)
• Grubstaker.com   (Wallie Robinson)
• Healing and Dowsing Services   (Hank Innerfeld)
• Hooked on Gold   (Larry & Shirley Weilnau)
• Jim's Guns and Gold   (Jim Elkin)
• Phantom Ranch   (Dick Oakes)

• Argo Gold Mine and Mill   (Idaho Springs)
• Bachelor-Syracuse Mine   (Ouray)
• Country Boy Mine   (Brekenridge)
• Edgar Mine   (Golden)
• Hidee Gold Mine   (Central City/Black Hawk)
• Lost Mine   (Salida)
• Matchless Mine   (Leadville)
• Mayflower Mill   (Silverton)
• Old Hundred Gold Mine   (Silverton)
• Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine   (Cripple Creek)
• Phoenix Gold Mine   (Idaho Springs: Web Site 1. Al Mosch, owner - Lyle Richards, webmaster)
• Phoenix Gold Mine   (Idaho Springs: Web Site 2. Al Mosch, owner - Jo Petit, webmaster)

• Arizona Gold Prospectors   (Arizona. This is an information stie, it is not a club.)
• Class Ring Finder Lost and Found Directory (Post a lost or found class ring--become a "Detective" too.)
• Desert Gold Diggers (Over 2700 acres on 21 claims in the southeast portion of Arizona. Monthly meetings with interesting speakers and monthly outings to the club claims.)
• The East Coast Prospector   (Joseph Stachyra)
• Schweizerische Goldwëschervereinigung   (Victor Jans - Swiss Goldprospectors' Association including Gold Panning Courses, but in German only)
• Minin' Gold   (Bill Westcott)
• Prospectors Cache   (Mike Higbee)
• Treasure Secrets   (Pay $25 for a 6 month membership to learn about secret things and secret places from E. Earl Webb)
• Waybill to Adventure   (Books on gold prospecting, metal detecting, ghost towns, outlaws, pirates, and more. Leanne Boyd, H. Glenn Carson)

• International California Mining Journal   (The West's leading domestic mining magazine for almost 70 years.)
• Treasure Hunters Gazette   (Published by Streeter's Treasure Hunting Supply.)

• Alaska Mining & Diving Supply   (Anchorage AK)
• Calgold   (Treasure hunting and prospecting super center)
• Chuck Brewer's Bellows Machine   (Bakersfield CA)
• Colorado Nuggets   (Steve and Bev Rice, Evergreen CO)
• Garfield Refining Company   (Refiner of precious metals)
• Gold-N-Detectors   (Bill Chapman, Golden CO - Gold prospecting and treasure hunting products)
• Gold Maps   (Where to find it)
• Gold Nugget Exchange of Australia Pty. Ltd.   (An online auction site for quality natural Aussie gold.)
• Grubstaker.com   (Wallie Robinson's mines, minerals, and historic maps)
• Hooked on Gold   (Larry & Shirley Weilnau)
• Kellyco Metal Detector Superstore   (Stuart Auerbach, Winter Springs, FL)
• Lifestyle Store   (Prospecting supplies)
• Prospector Store   (Prospecting supplies)
• The Rock Doc at Prospectors Village   (Cindy & Dirk Paratt, Nathrop CO - Gold prospecting supplies, Minelab detectors, Keene dredges, Eastwing tools, prospecting maps, panning lessons, rocks, gems, minerals, Lortone lapidary supplies, on-site geological engineer, more)