George was considering filling his dredge floats with closed-cell foam, ensuring that there would be no area available within each float for flooding.

He made some casual conversation until he got around to what really brought him into my camper.

My mining partner Keith McBride and I spent a week in May working on a twenty-nine man crew split up into six teams at a couple of “pay to mine” mining camps.

…in spite of the fact that the well-pounded spots probably don’t have much gold left, I see all too many prospectors hike down to a creek or other spot at the first place the road comes near it just because it’s the easiest access point.