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Mining Expedition at Eagle Rock—Part I

May 2009 by David Shackleton

Dredging near Eagle Rock on the North Fork of the Salmon River, California.

We spent the winter and spring months obtaining all of the prospecting and camping gear that would be needed to sustain the five of us for 14 days on the river.

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