Look What I Found...

[ApS]

Originally Posted by camp guy

Hey, Aps, maybe you could resurrect the old mill around the corner, make it look original, and hide a sluice box within. Everybody would be happy to see the old mill back in play, but wouldn't know you had a sluice inside. Just a thought!

Moving the gravel a ½ mile is a logistics problem—not to mention the old mill was haunted. I'm not quite that dedicated to panning for "gold dust".

Sluices for individual gold-seekers run on the small side. With just a couple of chairs, I can set one up in five minutes. Late in the season, wakes won't knock it over—or me, for that matter.

Originally Posted by barefootbay

Just another glaring example of lake degradation !

Here it is, two weeks later, and the "sandpaper effect" still appears below the knee. I might have to wear knee-high boots in the lake—watching the trees turn on Mount Shaw while panning for gold.