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Gold Prospecting on Sixmile River
May 2000 by Ron Wendt

Jamestown and Our Mother Lode Gold Rush Adventures
There are many other locations in the area where gold has been found, but Woods Creek is the most famous of the creeks and gulches in the area where the 49ers searched for that elusive yellow metal.
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Picks & Pans: Crevicing & Sniping for Placer Gold

Key to Successful Prospecting: Confidence

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Excerpted from USGS Mineral Industry Survey's 1998 Annual Review
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