How to get to Randsburg

There are a couple different ways to get to this area. For people that are going from the north area of Los Angeles, you can take the Golden State Freeway down to the Antelope Valley Freeway. From the Antelope Valley Freeway you will be able to go all the way to Mojave. Then take highway 14 out of Mojave and go to the Red Rock Randsburg Road, this road can be taken and it will lead you all the way to Randsburg. The road signs will lead you. If you are leaving Los Angeles, you can take any of the freeways that lead to the city of San Bernardino. You can take highway 395 north from San Bernardino and you will notice that highway 395 is mixed in with highway 15 at this point. As soon as one is over mountains you will be able to see how the highways branch off from each other. When turning off you will need to take highway 395 though. This will come before you get to Victorville. Highway 395 will lead you past Atolia, Red Mountain and Johannesburg and the road that leads to Randsburg is around one mile past Johannesburg.

Tips for prospecting in the Randsburg area
This area has two different types of deposits which consist of lode and placer; however most of the production has been obtained from the lode deposits in the area. There are dry placers in the Rand Mountains that are located on the north end of the town and almost all of the placer gold has been obtained from this area. The gold in this area mainly occurs in schist and this can be seen when the rocks have a slightly pink color to them or are light red. There is also a big pit on the outskirts of the town and gold used to consist of bedrock. There are a couple other gold districts located close to this area which are Sprangler, which is located around ten miles northeast from Johannesburg, and then there is Rademacher, which is located around five miles past the Spangler district going towards Ridgecrest. Sprangler is known to have had occurrences of gold quartz and it was said that these contained as much as an ounce of gold for every ton. The Rademacher district is also known to have had occurrences of quartz veins as well. Those interested in getting to the Sprangler district simply have to take highway 178 east from the junction with highway 395 some miles north of the Randsburg Road. There are mines that are located in the Sprangler Hills to the right after having passed Teagle Wash. The eastern mountains in this area have yielded a lot of Indian objects such as potsherds, arrowheads, etc. and the jasper, agate and chalcedony has also been found in the area.