Placer Mining

Attached from Prince George Free Press may have escaped your attention. Just click on the thumbnails to enlarge the pages.

Public Workers Strike Gold

Mike Boileau, famed hunter of Forbidden Treasure, wonders why our governments keep picking our pockets. In his column in The Province of today Jon Ferry writes about Mike and his quest. Click here to read it. 
In 1983 John Ferry was part of the joint Province-CKVU TV expedition that hunted for the treasure. Click here to read his series of reports on that venture: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth. 

B.C. Prospectors Web site

Rob Nicholson's lets us know that his BC Prospectors Web site is "...temporarily down....I am revamping the site with more video content." Stay tuned. 

Don't miss the show !

Adam Palmer will be doing a show and film presentation of his and Evan Howard's famous traverse of the Terrarosa and Stave Glacier on December 18 in Chilliwack. 

This is a fundraiser for the Youth Inclusion Program in Agassiz and admission will be by donation. All of the proceeds will go towards funding this season’s ski-snowboard-snowshoe-ice climbing youth trips.

The presentation will be on December 18, starting at 7:00 pm and the location is Mt. Waddington’s Outdoors, 5643 Vedder Road, in Chilliwack. 

Mt. Waddington's Outdoors is a brand-new outdoor store owned and operated by Sam Waddington, who has generously supplied outdoor equipment and clothing at a discounted price to the Agassiz Youth Inclusion Program. 

Try to be there and take along a friend or friends ... and let the word go out, that would be great. See you there.  

DUTCHMAN'S GOLD BOOK

The story of the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. THAT likely is North America's most famous hold mine story! You may want to download the Kindle Book for free from Amazon.  CLICK HERE 
Yes, you can read Kindle Books on your PC or Mac. Click HERE to download Kindle for PC and HERE for Kindle for MAC. Thanks to Brian Antonson for this tip!
Oops .... Waited too long. Now you have to pay $6.00 plus to download your copy!!

Kalgoorly nugget

The Teylers Museum in Haarlem is the Netherlands' first and oldest museum. It opened to the public in 1784. Among their treasures is this gem from Kalgoorly, Australia. Its greatest width is no less than an inch. I took a picture of it because this is how I imagine the nuggets in Jackson's creek would have looked: indeed, as large as a walnut!  

Not yet sold out....!

Rick and Brian at Chapters-Indigo downtown Vancouver last week promoting their (Brian, Rick and Mary's) Slumach and his (Rick's) Timbuktu and Route 66 stories. There are still a few copies left for sale.