Dredging Tips and Tricks: A Measure of Water Pump Efficiency

August 2020 by Harry Griffin

…as an academic argument, when mated to the appropriate engine, is the pump really moving water at the rate of 400 GPM?

Fells Flat Gold

March 2012
My wife Fran and I were brushing and repairing the road to our claim when we were interrupted by a fellow in a pretty yellow Jeep heading out to the local town of Quincy, California.

Placers Directly Associated with Lode Deposits

October 2017

Placers that are directly associated with lode deposits are sometimes overlooked and may have good potential for those who are willing to search for them.

What's Left Behind

December 2012
I love to see old-timer workings while I am out detecting for gold. For one thing, it assures me that gold came from there. Second, it tells me gold should almost certainly still be there.

Thinking Outside The Creek

March 2015
Imagine for a minute the year is 1850. You’ve read and heard that gold was discovered in California and the creeks are so rich you can just scoop it up with your hands.

Mud Men: Pocket Miners of Southwest Oregon Part II

March 2011
How many more clays seams lie adjacent to known shear zones and quartz veins in the pocket areas of southwestern Oregon?

Holcomb Valley Gold, Southern California

April 2020

The first time I found gold in the creek here is when I decided to try a new place to drywash on a hill not far from the dirt path I was on.

The Mole

June 2012
My wife Dorothy has always enjoyed tent camping. She thought she was really roughing it at established campgrounds until I convinced her to take a trip with me to drywash for gold in a remote corner of an arid desert wilderness...

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