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Gold Prospecting: For Better or Worse

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: The Pains of Prospecting

We started off excited and enthusiastic as we began hiking up the river, daydreaming about finding big gold.

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On about the fifth time across one of these slopes, and down near the little wash...bam! I found a nice chunk of rock, laced through with gold. Wow! How had I missed this?

Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: If the RV’s a Rockin’, Please Come a Knockin’


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If you have done any hiking in rough terrain you are well aware that going down a slope is much more difficult and dangerous than climbing it.

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