COME JOIN US FOR AN AMAZING OFFROAD JOURNEY FOR ALL OFFREAD VEHICLES ALL FOR CHARITY. STAY AND PLAY ON ONE OF OUR DRY CAMPING LOCATIONS!
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Start: April 30
Cost:$50
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SPRING INTO YARNELL POKER RUN will be an amazing day, with some amazing stops, all to benefit a great cause. The run will start at 10 am Saturday March 28th 2020 and will feature 5 stops for card pick ups and raffle tickets. We will use a conventional scorecard that will be imprinted with the card you have drawn at each stop. You will have the opportunity for 1 card re buy on the trail to try and make a better hand. The highest 2 hands and the lowest hand at the end of the run will receive the top 3 prizes. We will offer a 50/50 raffle and an array of prizes and giveaways from our sponsors. UTVAZ will provide staging for trucks and trailers on a 2 acre graded two tier piece of property behind the American Legion in Yarnell. Upon completion of the run all UTV’s will arrive at Gilligans Pizza & Bar for their final card and the finale of the event, Gilligans will have great specials and live music onsite.
THE BASICS:
For an entry fee ($20.00) each person gets a scorecard and runs a preset route with 5 stops or checkpoints. At each checkpoint there is a person with a full deck of cards in a bag. The participant then has to pull a random card out of the bag and have it marked on their score card and continue on to the next checkpoint. At the final checkpoint all the scorecards are collected up and the persons with the top 2 best hands and the person with the worst hand will win the tier prizes. 100% of the entry will go to WeDevelop fro charity! 50/50 raffle – 50% to winner and 50% to WeDevelop for charity
THE NEW DATE FOR THE POKER RUN IS JUNE 20TH 2020
Gold Mining in Arizona
Since 1860s, gold mining in Arizona remains a popular economic activity. This is due to a lot of gold deposits across many counties and availability of public land.
Although you can find gold in nearly every county, for the scope of this article, I will focus on top 5 areas.
But before that, here is something you should know:
In most cases, the force of gravity tends to concentrate gold in rivers. This makes revers the best places for gold mining in Arizona.
For instance, you stand a chance to find gold along the Hassayampa River, Colorado River, Gila River, San Francisco River, Santa Maria River and Santa Cruz River. Nevertheless, some of these rivers do not have water all the time due to the climate conditions of Arizona.
This makes gold prospecting in Arizona a challenging task. It therefore calls for gold prospectors to use drywashers or metal detecting equipment.
The processes do not require water for gold prospecting in Arizona.
With these in mind, now let’s have a quick overview of counties in Arizona that have higher deposits of gold:
· Yavapai County
Yavapai hosts some of the oldest gold mines in Arizona. It is one of the leading gold producers.
Some of the few areas you need to focus on when mining gold in Arizona and more so in Yavapai County include: Hassayampa Creek, Lynx Creek, Black Canyon, Rich Hill, Agua Fria, Eureka, Walnut Grove, Tiptop, Martinez, Minnehaha, Peck, Humbug, Granite Creek Districts, Big Bug District, Jerome District and Black Canyon.
In Yavapai County, gold deposits exist in the form of:
- Placer deposits
- By product of mining (more so copper)
- Large nuggets
- Lode deposits
· Maricopa County
In this county, you will find gold in Vulture District and the high quantities of gold come from lode deposits.
· Cochese County
Generally, the placers and lode deposits of gold are available in Cochese County. Again here, you can find gold in Dos Cabezas, Bisbee and Huachuca Districts.
· Mohave County
In Mohave County, substantial amount of gold exist as a byproduct of mining and lode deposits.
Here, your main focus should be in San Francisco, Gold Basin, Wallapai, Maynard Mining and King Tut.
· Yuma County
When it comes to Yuma County, you can find gold in Dome, Laguna, Muggins Placers, Castle Dome, Big Eye Mine, Kofa, Plomosa and La Paz Districts.
In Yuma County, gold deposits are available as nuggets and placers.
Clearly, there are so many places where you can mine gold in Arizona.
Remember, these are only 5 counties. Other counties such as Apache, Santa Cruz, Pinal, Pima, Navajo, Mojave, Graham, Greenlee and Gila Counties also have a substantial amount of gold.
Although the history of gold mining in Arizona dates back to years before 1880s, not much information was documented during that period. In fact, it is only the major gold prospectors in Arizona who documented their production.
This is why the data available out there about the amount of gold mined from different sites may not be that accurate. Still, it can give you a heads-up on areas to focus on when prospecting for gold in Arizona.
Again, this must not hold you back from exploring other areas. Remember, Arizona has very many areas with gold deposits.
Here are two useful sources of information on gold mining in Arizona:
Arizona Association of Gold Prospectors. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2018, from AAGP: http://www.arizonagoldprospectors.org/
Clark, L. D., & Verity, V. H. (2001). Laws and Regulations: Mineral Rights in Arizona 9th Edition. Phoenix, Arizona.
Mineral Processing – Gold Prospecting. (n.d.). Retrieved January 23, 2018, from The Arizona Geological Survey: http://www.azgs.az.gov/minerals_gold.shtml