WHERE TO LOOK FOR AND FIND GOLD IN CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION 2
(Note: This is one of our six California gold maps. Please see left-hand column for the others.)

Big Ten's California Gold Prospecting and Panning Map 2 shows three hundred forty (340) gold mines and gold prospecting and panning locations from official geological records of the State of California and the federal government. The map is done in color. The margin of the map has text that tells where to look for gold in a streambed, how to tell "fools gold" from real gold and gives step-by-step gold panning instructions. Locations for finding gold are shown within 15 miles of each of the below listed places. These gold deposit locations, which show where gold has been found in the past, are clearly marked. A good gift.

Map 2 shows places where to look to find gold near:
Anaheim, Anzo Borrego Desert State Park, Banner, Banning, Beaumont, Boulevard, Camp Pendleton, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coachella, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Dulzura, Edgemont, El Cajon, El Toro Marine Station, Encinitas, Escondido, Fallbrook, Hemet, Indio, Jacumba, Julian, La Mesa, Laguna Hills, Lake Elsinore, Lakeside, Leucadia, Mission Viejo, Mountain Springs, Murietta Hot Springs, National City, Norco, Oceanside, Ocotillo, Orange, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Pine Valley, Poway, Ramona, Riverside, Spring Valley, San Clemente, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Ysidro, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa Indian Reservation, Santee, Solana Beach, Sun City, Sunnymeade, Temecula, Vista, Warner Springs and Yorba Linda.
 

GOLD MINES, PROSPECTING AND PANNING IN CALIFORNIA GOLD REGION 2

Many people are surprised to learn of the vast extent of gold mining and gold prospecting and panning sites in Southern California. This is due in part to the massive amount of publicity directed toward the discovery of gold in the Mother Lode Gold area of the state (see Maps 5 and 6) and the resulting California Gold Rush. However early prospectors found many gold deposits in Southern California, including in California Gold Region 2.

California Gold Region 2 is a good part of the state for recreational gold prospecting and gold panning. Gold prospecting and gold panning sites are within easy driving distance of the areas of major population and the clear, mild weather is ideal for outdoor activities.

The Escondido Gold District is 25 miles north of San Diego. Mexicans mined the rich surface ores here many years ago and there was considerable mining and prospecting activity in this district in the 1890's and early 1900's.