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Since the sites launch, I have had several fellow prospectors’s ask why I’m publishing FreeOro.com. Most prospectors I know are seeking hard core, actionable gold mining and prospecting information, not fluff. They having a difficult time appreciating the focus of the Free Oro site, as it being generalized and entertaining to a broader target audience. Perhaps if I explain my background and rationale, it will make more sense. First, I am a recreational gold miner and prospector in southern California with about 7 years of experience. In this field, that still makes me an amateur greenhorn, even with a handful of nuggets and gold vials filled to my credit. If I came across FreeOro.com, I too wouldn't give it much thought and tossed off as another “49ers” gimmick travel site. But then, FreeOro isn’t only for me, its for the community. Fort the recreational gold prospecting and mining community at large. Its a social site. FreeOro.com is first about people (peeps). Then its about gold, and attempts brings the two together for the benefit of the activity. Admitting ,with the media technology the result is a bit campy.
Again let me explain the objectives and benefits to the community. FreeOro.com seeks to introduce the activity of recreational gold prospecting and mining to a broader audience than the traditional outdoor enthusiast for several important reasons:
1. To educate the public and government that recreational gold prospecting and mining
is a large and growing, active and involved community that does more to care about
the environmt. Education about the scope of recreational mining influences, benefits
of methods employed and best practices afforded by miners. For instance, many people
concerned about the environment do not realize that gold sluicing actually remove
captures and removes the most harmful pollutants in the rivers, and it is in the
miners interest to target and remove these heavy metal concentrates. Information
such as this will make awareness to and help preserve our rights to prospect and
mine gold, and to maintain access to public gold bearing territory. The community
is under siege considering the assault on recreational mining’s legislated provisions
and extreme limitations and access to public land. To survive, recreational miners
need to harness media outlets and introduce everyday people to what the recreational
gold and the greater gold industry is about so when restrictive legislation is introduced
the community will be counted as significant and growing, and recognized as a positive
and beneficial force in society. Not an impossible task considering that a minority
band of Salmon anglers effectivly outlawed recreational gold dredging -
2. To embrace newcomers and amateurs in the activity by shine the light on the dark corners of prospecting. To cover aspects of prospecting and mining often kept hidden by prospectors and secret like a family recipe or magicians trick. To reveal and share techniques, methods and develop best practices. To share what works and what doesn't in particular hot spots, and and offer insights about specific claims and gold bearing regions. The advantage of the community by sharing lessons learned by the experienced to the novice is so that preferred practices are installed at the start (proper nail and metallic debris removal when detecting) that will benefit all who follow in their path. In addition information sharing reduces frustration and abandonment, less effect to the environment with needless trial and error, and increased public safety. Reward always go to those who put the effort in to dig it out, not to those who maintain a secret well and leave it untouched. From what little I have gleaned, the EFFORT is the SECRET to success.
3. Because everyday city peeps also are curious. The social networking types. They
expect a slick, fun and entertaining place to discover what the “recreational gold
mining activity” is about. Because every time I go out, I get someone over my shoulder
saying "what’cha doing?" when picking away shoulder high in a pit. Two hours jawing
and a couple of cokes later, I get to go back to work... I thought it would be easy
to say, “check out FreeOro!”. From their initial expectation, its all about gold.
From the gold investment ads on CNN to gold on their finger -
While Free Oro leverages social networking and entertainment to introduce people
into the site we capture their interest for the long haul with the alluring atmosphere
of gold in history and potentials afforded to the imagination through the mental
images created of recreational gold mining prompted by the sites media. Published
DIY plans for equipment and your gold sampling advice is enough to open the door
for many, others need inspiration, coaching and guidance. Suggested back road adventures,
recommended organizations such as the GPAA and sites like NuggetShooter, and affiliate
publications (FreeOro.com and FreeOro.com) will further the interest by offering
niche and in-
Sincerely,
Pete@Goldpeeps.com
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FreeOro: What’s the Aim?
Gold prospecting is certainly exciting, however gold mining can also be profitable.
Its hard work, yet there is no better satisfaction than cashing in on your recreational
efforts. Anybody who has found any amount of natural gold knows it takes determination
and perseverance to make it pay. Key to remember is most, more than most: greater
than 99% of all gold on earth STILL resides naturally in nature, even in mass yet
it has not been found. Why? Not for lack of trying, its just we don’t have easy access
to where most free gold lies. That’s because it exists underfoot, in most cases
many feet underfoot. Consider for instance the Mohave Desert in CA , I a vast basin
traversed by ranges. It is for certain that lode gold has been has been discovered
in many surrounding mountains where bedrock comes to the surface, however substantially
less has been found in the desert basin. This is because gold’s most extra-
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