Assuming they haven't tumbled from someone else's poke, chances are you've struck pay dirt close to the source! LOCATIONS British Columbia's rich gold history records spectacular discoveries in many areas of the province—Atlin, Boundary and Big Bend, Cassiar, the East and West Kootenays, the Fraser River and its tributaries, the Similkameen, the Thompson River and its tributaries, the Okanagan, Om [...] This pioneer Fraser River gold seeker exhibits good technique, tilting the pan and swirling it to concentrate the heaviest materials on the bottom THE ESSENTIALS I 7 Every now and then, lift the pan clear of the creek and shake it vigorously, using the same circular motion to concentrate the gold and heavy sands. [...] These large dredges, similar to those used in the Yukon, were not successful in the Fraser because of the fast current and large boulders encountered; after numerous accidents, miners abandoned efforts to remove the gold- bearing gravel from the bed of the river by this method. [...] On the opposite bank, on the west side of the Fraser, prospecting was done at the river's edge and on the low benches. [...] The gold is very coarse, also of a greater fineness), so the and the creek's banks are an excellent claims were the place to explore.
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 622/.3422/09711
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 1894384059 9781459330023
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- TN424.C22
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- L49 2001eb
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- 1 electronic text (94 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS 6
- SECTION ONE: THE ESSENTIALS 8
- SECTION TWO: LYTTON, LILLOOET, CLINTON 36
- CHAPTER ONE: LYTTON AREA 38
- CHAPTER TWO: LILLOOET AND AREA 44
- CHAPTER THREE: BRALORNE AREA 49
- CHAPTER FOUR: CLINTON 52
- SECTION THREE: THOMPSON RIVER, NICOLA, AND KAMLOOPS AREAS 58
- CHAPTER FIVE: THOMPSON RIVER 60
- CHAPTER SIX: NICOLA RIVER AREA 64
- CHAPTER SEVEN: KAMLOOPS AREA 66
- SECTION FOUR: REVELSTOKE AREA 80
- APPENDIX 92
- INDEX 96
- A 96
- B 96
- C 96
- D 96
- E 96
- F 96
- G 96
- H 96
- J 96
- K 96
- L 96
- M 96
- N 96
- O 96
- P 96
- S 96
- T 96
- W 96
- THE AUTHORS 97
