The sound got quiet when the fuse burned down into the clay. I waited, and waited…

What are they? They are too hard to be lead, and are not tarnished like silver should be.

Midway into my first tank of gas I was beginning to see color in my sluicebox. Needless to say, I was excited.

We all love to see that first glimmer of gold when it peeks out from under the black sand in our pan, or feel the weight of a nugget in our scoop when we dig a good target. But sometimes things don’t go quite so smoothly.

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Making matters worse, we could feel the truck moving very slowly down the mountain along with the trees and mud. It was an uncomfortable sinking feeling, as you might guess.