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How I Got the Gold Bug
Author: John Green, Publisher of GGN
How I Got the Gold Bug
Author: John Green, Publisher of GGN
I sure was disappointed, but a few minutes later, I
found another nugget. Although not nearly as
large as the first one, it was large enough to have
Dick Burrows put it on a ring for me, along with a
couple little "clinkers" that I found downstream.
So that is how it all started -- me, alone on a stream
infected with "the fever." But fortunately for me,
just a few short months later, the Lord gave me a
mining partner and life partner -- we have been
married 28 years now. Karen is a super writer, so I
will let her tell some of our mining experiences
elsewhere.
found another nugget. Although not nearly as
large as the first one, it was large enough to have
Dick Burrows put it on a ring for me, along with a
couple little "clinkers" that I found downstream.
So that is how it all started -- me, alone on a stream
infected with "the fever." But fortunately for me,
just a few short months later, the Lord gave me a
mining partner and life partner -- we have been
married 28 years now. Karen is a super writer, so I
will let her tell some of our mining experiences
elsewhere.
The ring I had made
with some of the first
nuggets I found on the
Yuba in Downieville, CA
with some of the first
nuggets I found on the
Yuba in Downieville, CA
I just want to say that there is nothing like getting outdoors and enjoying
God's creation while looking for gold, platinum and rocks.
On this website we want people of all ages to learn how to find various
treasures and add new dimension to enjoying the outdoors.
Remember to always be respectful of the land and other people and their
right to use our natural resources. When you dig a hole and are finished with
it, fill it back up before leaving, thus protecting animals and people from
stepping in it. Remember to leave nothing behind when you leave.
Something we would like to do here is to provide an avenue for others to tell
about their mining and prospecting adventures. Send us pictures that we can
publish on the website and, in the future we will offer a way to upload your
videos as well.
We hope that you enjoy the website, we want this to be a site for the whole
family.
God's creation while looking for gold, platinum and rocks.
On this website we want people of all ages to learn how to find various
treasures and add new dimension to enjoying the outdoors.
Remember to always be respectful of the land and other people and their
right to use our natural resources. When you dig a hole and are finished with
it, fill it back up before leaving, thus protecting animals and people from
stepping in it. Remember to leave nothing behind when you leave.
Something we would like to do here is to provide an avenue for others to tell
about their mining and prospecting adventures. Send us pictures that we can
publish on the website and, in the future we will offer a way to upload your
videos as well.
We hope that you enjoy the website, we want this to be a site for the whole
family.
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The next day I went to the local mining shop where the owners, Dick and Jim
Burrows, sold me a book on basic prospecting and a gold pan. Dick Burrows
and I went down to the Yuba River, which flows through town, and he
showed me how to pan.
It didn't take long to learn. The first pan I had color. The second pan I had a
little clinker that I put in a little bottle they sold to me to put gold in. That is
when the "gold bug" bit me and I have been infected ever since.
The next day, I bought a sluice box and "oh boy" what a difference! I wound
up spending the winter there, partly because of the gold, but mostly because
I enjoyed the town and the people.
While I was there I sluiced almost everyday -- sometimes even when it
snowed. One day I was sluicing and Dick Burrows came down to see how I
was doing. A few minutes before he arrived, I had found a large nugget in my
sluice box -- the largest I have ever found. But, afraid that I might lose it, I
had picked it up with my fingers, since the water was cold and I was wearing
rubber gloves. I put the nugget in my pocket for safe-keeping. When I
reached in my pocket the nugget wasn't there. Apparently, I had dropped it
while trying to put it in my pocket.
Burrows, sold me a book on basic prospecting and a gold pan. Dick Burrows
and I went down to the Yuba River, which flows through town, and he
showed me how to pan.
It didn't take long to learn. The first pan I had color. The second pan I had a
little clinker that I put in a little bottle they sold to me to put gold in. That is
when the "gold bug" bit me and I have been infected ever since.
The next day, I bought a sluice box and "oh boy" what a difference! I wound
up spending the winter there, partly because of the gold, but mostly because
I enjoyed the town and the people.
While I was there I sluiced almost everyday -- sometimes even when it
snowed. One day I was sluicing and Dick Burrows came down to see how I
was doing. A few minutes before he arrived, I had found a large nugget in my
sluice box -- the largest I have ever found. But, afraid that I might lose it, I
had picked it up with my fingers, since the water was cold and I was wearing
rubber gloves. I put the nugget in my pocket for safe-keeping. When I
reached in my pocket the nugget wasn't there. Apparently, I had dropped it
while trying to put it in my pocket.
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