GOLD LOCATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI;
Warren County Mississippi
Silver Creek, Bear Creek
Bench gravels contain small (both in size and quantity) amounts of gold. History is
hard to come by. The owner of a local gravel pit once said, he had heard of the
"old-timers washing for gold" in the creeks. Bear, Clear and Silver Creeks are
all east of Vicksburg and have quartz gravel bottoms. In one location, Bear Creek runs
over a shale bedrock which is pockmarked with potholes eroded by water moving the quartz
gravels.
I've found color in just about every pothole I've dug on Bear Creek. It's never big or
plentiful, but it passes the time.
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