I would love to mine for gold myself, but I don't know if my area even has any gold deposits around. I have a river here that could maybe produce some gold, but I don't know if I'll find anything. I also don't really know how to mine for gold. Do you think it's still a viable way to make money? Mining gold that is. I think if you can find gold somehow, and it's a lot, then awesome, strike it rich. But I do wonder how many people are out there trying to mine for gold and are coming up short.