Highway 50 followup...
After our adventure driving Highway 50 {the loneliest road in America}, across Nevada we picked up I-80 just east of Reno and continued west up and over the Donner pass dropping down highway 20 into G...
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Snowman9000 wrote:
That is a nice pan of gold. We stayed in the Escapees park in Congress AZ for a week last winter. Many of the seasonal campers are into prospecting. The typical daily haul is less than what you have in that pan.
Good to hear from you again. We assume we'll never get rich but really enjoy doing the mining {digging, slucing, panning}. It is so unbelievably beautiful down on the creek and we always have it all to ourselves. Here is a shot of the sluce:
We do however hold out hope that some day we will turn over the right rock and find the elusive nuggets. Deer Creek, which was the biggest gold strike in California runs right through my buddies property and every year we manage to take a little out but someday... :B
