Treasure Tales and Treasure Stories About South Dakota from the Archives of Lost Treasure Magazine
South Dakota's Gold
From State Treasure Tales
By Michael Paul Henson
From page 40 of the March 1995 issue of Lost Treasure magazine.
Copyright ©1995, 1998 Lost Treasure, Inc.
The following is a list that covers all the counties in South Dakota where gold has been found: Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Corson, Custer, Davidson, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmonds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Meade, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Fennington, Perkins, Roberts, Sanborn, Shannon, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton and Ziebach Counties.
Almost all the streams in the Black Hills still produce small amounts of gold for the panner. Remember that all 1.2 million acres of Forest Service land in the Black Hills are open to gold panning, except where claims are clearly posted. Don't be a claim jumper.
No sluices or placers are allowed without prior permission from the Forest Service. Only pans may be used in casual searching. To be completely safe, write the U.S. Forest Service, Mt. Rushmore Road, Custer, SD 57730 and ask for information on gold in the state.
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