Picky's Pizza Saloon
Bill of Fare
$15.99 Prospector Meal Deals
Every meal deal includes a side salad with lettuce, tomato, cheese & croutons; hand-cut whole French fries; and a can of soda. Additional cans $2 each.
1/2 lb Double Meat Double Cheese Smash Burger Meal Deal*
Lettuce, onion, tomato, and pickles on the side. Single Smash Burger Only $6.99 · Double Smash Burger Only $7.99
12" 1-Topping Pizza Meal Deal*
Additional toppings $1 each. Large side salad included, instead of fries.
Hand-Dipped Chicken Fingers Meal Deal*
3–4 hand-cut, hand-dipped chicken fingers. Additional fingers $1.50 each.
1/3 Lb White Hills Road Kill Hot Dog Meal Deal*
Hot Dog Only $7.99
Chicken Quesadilla Meal Deal*
Quesadilla Only $7.99
White Hills Taco Meal Deal*
Two real meat tacos with lettuce, tomato, and real cheddar cheese; a cheese quesadilla with green sauce. Corn shells freshly deep-fried in beef tallow. Taco Only $3.50
Picky's Pizza Saloon
20606 N US Hwy 93, White Hills, AZ · (928) 377-0168 · pickyspizzasaloon.com
Real Gold · Real Claim · Real Experience
Dirt from our active White Hills placer claim — classified, hauled to Picky's, and panned by you. The gold you find is real. The vial you take home is yours.
*Price subject to change based on spot gold price.
How It Works
At our active gold placer claim in the White Hills area, we shovel raw desert dirt through a dry-washer — a machine that uses air and vibration to separate heavy gold particles from lighter material. No water needed out in the desert.
The concentrated material is run through a series of classifiers — screens of decreasing mesh size — to sort the dirt fines down to the smallest particles where the gold hides.
We haul the classified dirt fines from the claim directly to Picky's Pizza Saloon. Every pan you work contains real material from our real gold placer claim — not store-bought salted dirt.
Our team shows you how to classify the material one final time, then walks you through the gold panning technique using water and a gold pan. Swirl, tilt, and watch the gold settle to the bottom.
Every flake and fine you recover goes into your own glass vial. Real Arizona gold — pulled from the same hills that sparked the White Hills silver and gold rush of 1892.
What's Included
Bag of Classified Concentrates
One bag of classified dirt fines from our active White Hills placer claim. Real material, real gold potential.
Gold Pan & Water Station
Use of a gold pan and our water panning station at Picky's. No equipment to bring — everything is provided.
Hands-On Instruction
Step-by-step guidance from our team on classifying and panning technique. First-timers welcome.
Glass Vial to Keep
Every flake and fine you recover goes into your own labeled glass vial — yours to take home.
The White Hills Gold Rush
Discovery — 1892
Henry Shaffer discovered rich silver and gold deposits in the White Hills of northwestern Arizona in 1892, triggering one of the last great rushes of the territorial era.
The Boom Town
Within two years, White Hills had a post office, hotels, saloons, and a population of over 1,500 miners and merchants. The town sat at roughly 4,000 feet elevation in the Hualapai Mountains.
The Ore
The White Hills mines produced silver chloride ore assaying hundreds of ounces per ton, along with placer gold in the surrounding washes and hillsides — the same ground our concentrates come from today.
The Bust
By 1899 the richest ore had been worked out. The repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1893 had already collapsed silver prices, and the town faded quickly. Today only ruins and tailings remain.
Still Active Today
The White Hills Mining District remains an active placer and hard-rock area. Picky's holds a current claim on placer ground in the district — the same dirt you're panning came out of that claim.
Ready to Pan for Gold?
Ask your food server to get you started. Additional bags available while supplies last.