Desert Gold Diggers

Club Gold Claims

The current gold claims of the club are given below. Recommended vehicle type to access each claim is also given. Several of the claims can be accessed by regular passenger vehicles and all meeting areas for the monthly outings can be reached by any vehicle. To use the map of the meeting locations, click on a meeting location in the menu for a description of the location area. Click on a marker, or any other point, for a blow-up map of that area. If you need a ride into a claim at a monthly outing, show up at the meeting place early and ask around. Members are very helpful about current road conditions, whether your vehicle is adequate and offering rides if needed. Meeting times and places for the monthly claim outings are given in the DGD Gazette and on the Calendar page.

All club members are given detailed maps of the claim areas with directions and road info. New claims (after 1 January 2001) will be denoted as such to remind members to ask for the new claim maps. It should be noted that the claims committee tests each new claim for gold before adding it to our holdings. Here is a look at one of the claims committee outings. The Claims committee also schedules road repair outings to keep the roads leading to our claims in good order. These are announced in the Gazette and on the Calendar page. The more members that show up, the quicker the job gets done.

Map cartoon


Numbers in parentheses refer to notes below. Some of these notes are due to changes in vehicle access caused by fire, floods, or other reasons.

Club Gold Claims
Name of ClaimDate
if new		Size
in acres		General
Location		Topo Quad(s)Vehicle
Access
Digger's Delight 80GreatervilleHelvetia & Empire Ranch4x4 recommended
Gold Duster 80GreatervilleSonoitaAll Vehicles
Great Hope #1 160GreatervilleSonoita, Mt Wrightson, Helvetia & Empire RanchAll Vehicles
Great Hope #2 160GreatervilleSonoita, Mt Wrightson, Helvetia & Empire RanchHigh Clearance
Great Hope #3 120GreatervilleSonoita, Mt Wrightson, Helvetia & Empire Ranch 4x4 Only (1)
Great Hope #4June 2005160GreatervilleSonoita, Mt Wrightson, Helvetia & Empire RanchHigh Clearance (4)
Isolation 156GreatervilleHelvetia4x4 Only
Placer PondJuly 2001160GreatervilleHelvetiaHigh Clearance/
4x4 recommended
Achy Breaky #1 138ArivacaArivacaAll Vehicles
Can You Dig-It 160ArivacaCerro ColoradoHigh Clearance
Pilgrim's Progress #1 160ArivacaCerro ColoradoHigh Clearance/
4x4 recommended
Pilgrim's Progress #2Apr 2001160ArivacaCerro ColoradoHigh Clearance
Snoozer 131ArivacaCerro ColoradoHigh Clearance
Try Your Luck 141ArivacaCerro Colorado & Las GuijasHigh Clearance/
4x4 recommended
Wishful Thinking #1 90ArivacaBartlett Mtn.All Vehicles
Wishful Thinking #2 150ArivacaBartlett Mtn.All Vehicles
Big Bruiser 160OracleCampo BonitoAll Vehicles/
High Clearance
Little BruiserJan 200260OracleCampo Bonito High Clearance/ (2)
4x4 recommended
Little Bruiser #2(5) Apr 200420OracleCampo Bonito High Clearance/ (2)
4x4 recommended
Gap Gold #1 127OracleOracleHigh 4x4 Only
Gap Gold #2 160OracleOracleHigh 4x4 Only
Rough as a cobFeb 2002160KearnyKearny & HaydenHigh Clearance/ (3)
4x4 recommended
Stevens ShadowFeb 2004160Three PointsStevens MountainHigh Clearance
Stevens Shadow #2Aug 2004160Three PointsStevens MountainHigh Clearance

Notes

  1. Access to the northern portion of Great Hope #3 via FS 163 can be accomplished in any vehicle.
  2. Access was originally "All Vehicles" but fire and floods in August 2003 altered the roads.
  3. Road as far as BLM campground is fine for passenger cars or motor homes.
  4. Access was originally "All Vehicles" but roads have been washed out. (Nov 2006)
  5. Claim is null and void, Forest Service never owned the mineral rights to this land. (June 2007)

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This page was last updated on 27 August 2007.