 October 18th & 19th:
Historic Cotton Patch Gold Mine & Campground is proud to announce the October Open Community Dig. Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th. All Gold found from Dig will be divided equally among contestants. Join in on the fun and collect your share of the GOLD. Two days of prospecting and camaraderie. Book your space now by calling our main office at 704-463-5797 or contact us via email at cottonpatchgoldmine@gmail.com. Early Bird Gets The Gold, so plan on staying overnight at our Campground.
Dig starts both day at 9am sharp. Start the day off with a trip to the pit. Where you get to see up close the rock vein, placer gold and gemstones. This is the only time we do ALLOW metal detectors to be used here. The gold bearing ore is then taken to the, crusher, trommel, mixers, shaker table.
You'll be split up into teams where some will shovel, crush, sort and whatever at the trommel and crusher. If you're not physically able to do some jobs another will be found for you.
At noon we will take a break for some tasty food from Tina's kitchen. 5:00 pm is dinner time and we'll see what Tina has for us then also.
Don't forget this is a working mine and it will be hot, dusty or cold, wet and/or muddy. You should have steel toed boots (rubber steel toed boots are the least expensive) and a hard hat and gloves.
RULES FOR DIG:
We will do everything in our power to make this a safe and enjoyable function we will require all participants to sign a Liability Release. Only paid participants will be allowed in work area, NO EXCEPTIONS.
We will provide non-participating family members to find gold but all findings will go towards the group accumulations. Only the paid participants will receive a "split" of the gold recovered.
Please understand that the theft of any findings will result in the expulsion from the group dig, escorted from the property, and a restraining order barring further access to the Cotton Patch Gold Mine Properties!
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| (2 pr recommended) |
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| (old clothes as they will get muddy/dirty) |
| (just in case it rains) |
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| (extra batteries)• |
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Make sure your equipment is WELL MARKED so there will be no confusion to whom any of it belongs to at the conclusion of the dig. Use a permanent marker to mark your buckets & etc.
Reservations are needed for the campground. Tent & RV full hookups sites are available. We allow a $5.00 per day discount for the dig participants. If you make reservations for a site we will do everything in our power to accommodate you. Following is our regular camping rates.
You'll notice some things have changed (with the economy). Tent site rates are PER TENT. If you think you'll have several tents on a site then you might want to take advantage of our group site rates. The rate is $45.00 and will allow numerous tents to be set up in your area.
If you have any questions and would like to contact us...
Phone: 704-463-5797
Email: cottonpatchgoldmine@gmail.com
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