Gold Prospecting | How to Find Gold in the United States
#0183;#32;Gold has been produced at many places on the headwaters of the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, particularly in the vicinity of Butte. Placer production from the Butte district, however, has been overshadowed by the total output of byproduct gold recovered from the mining of lode deposits of copper, lead, and zinc. Ido Placer Deposits