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| Articles by David Knowlen |
 Beach Mining Returns to Washington State
Washington State gold miners received good news when they were recently informed that State officials have granted them authority to resume limited placer gold beach mining...
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March 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 7) |
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Saving Money on Mining Gadgets
Within your local area there is a store where you can find all sorts of handy tools for your gold mining enterprises, and at bargain basement prices.
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August 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 12) |
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Peshastin Creek, Washington
 Successful miners report that the Peshastin’s gold is unusually course and most of the recovered nuggets are small pickers. Flood gold is prevalent here and easy to find and recover on the Peshastin.
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November 2009 (Vol 79, No. 3) |
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There’s Still Gold In Oregon’s Umpqua River
 The Umpqua River, located in the heart of western Oregon, flows for several miles nearly alongside Interstate Highway Five.
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January 2008 (Vol.77, No. 5) |
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Ask The Experts — How have fellow dredgers modified their dredges in order to retain fine gold?
Q: In the article by David Knowlen, “There’s Still Gold in the Umpqua River,” January 2008, the author stated that “most conventional dredges with normal angles of sluice setup do not retain this gold.”...
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March 2008 (Vol.77, No. 7) |
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Washington Gold Miners Receive Ecology Award
Representatives from Washington State’s independent, small-scale gold mining community recently accepted an award and a message of gratitude from the leader of the State’s Department of Ecology.
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June 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 10) |
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Another Successful Northwest Miners Rally
Eleven year old Josh Evans’ words said it for all of us at the rally: “Finding gold is really fun!”
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October 2007 (Vol. 77, No. 2) |
David Knowlen combines his interest as a journalist with another of his passions, a nearly thirty year involvement in small-scale, independent gold mining. He has written about his many mining experiences prospecting in California, Oregon and Washington wilderness regions and he is as experienced at swinging a metal detector in central Arizona or in working with others on a common operation in northern Canada. 
