Douglas County Colorado

This area is where I started prospecting back in 1978. I tried panning on Cherry Creek in some residential neighborhoods near Franktown. I didn't find much gold, but I didn't know what I was doing either. (heh heh) This is probably the closest mining site to the town of Colorado Springs in which I lived. I used to be a member of the Colorado Gold Prospectors Club there in Colorado Springs until 1985.

Probably the best places to start looking for gold in Douglas County are: Russellville Gulch and Upper Cherry Creek southeast of Franktown, Cherry Creek and its tributaries, Newlin Gulch, Happy Canyon and Lemon Creek, west of Parker.

Franktown

Along Cherry Creek for several miles north of town you can find placer gold. Northwest 4-5 miles along Lemon Creek you can also find placer gold. South 1 mile in Russellville Gulch, a tributary to Cherry Creek, extending for many miles were some productive placers.

Louviers

Along Dry Creek, a tributary to the South Platte River, in gravel deposits extending northeast into Arapahoe County you can find placer gold.

Parker

Northwest of Parker 1.5 miles on Route 83, in Newlin Gulch and Northwest of Newlin Gulch, in Happy Canyon, all sand and gravel deposits contain placer gold. Most of it is microscopic grains to pinhead sized nuggets.