Gold Mining And Training Opportunities In California

Dave McCracken is the founder and General Manager of the  New 49'ers Gold Prospecting Organization, the fastest-growing and most active gold prospecting organization in the world --now with over 1,200 active members.

Gold Mining Opportunities

The New 49'ers provides both commercial and small-scale gold prospecting opportunities for gold dredging and surface gold mining activity on more than 60 miles of gold-rich mining properties in northern California.

Training Opportunities

Each mining season Dave conducts several gold mining seminars in the Klamath River drainage in Northern California. Dave teaches prospecting and sampling, dredging and underwater mining skills to students on a first come first served basis. These seminars include both theory and  extensive "hands on" training. For more information on training opportunities
in California click here.