gylnne
Jr. Member
Hi all,
I just finished a book anyone interested in gold panning, etc. would enjoy.
Bacon and Beans from a Gold Pan was written in 1972 by Jesse Coffey & George Hoeper
Here's their story:
This little gem of a book chronicles the true story of a young married couple (Jesse and Dot Coffey) who used small-scale placer mining methods to support themselves at the height of the Great Depression during the 1930s.
Jesse and Dot were living in the San Francisco Bay Area when hard times hit and Jesse lost his job as an engineer. Since the Coffeys both had previous experience gold panning and placer mining recreationally in the California Motherlode region, they decided to leave the grim reality of financial uncertainty, unemployment, and soup lines in the big city and head into the Sierra Nevada Mountains to try and make a living as small-scale placer miners. Initially, they worked an area in the Southern Motherlode region along Aqua Fria Creek in Mariposa County. Later, they moved north to work a section of the North Yuba River near Downieville.
Great little book, highly recommend it.
Curtis
I just finished a book anyone interested in gold panning, etc. would enjoy.
Bacon and Beans from a Gold Pan was written in 1972 by Jesse Coffey & George Hoeper
Here's their story:
This little gem of a book chronicles the true story of a young married couple (Jesse and Dot Coffey) who used small-scale placer mining methods to support themselves at the height of the Great Depression during the 1930s.
Jesse and Dot were living in the San Francisco Bay Area when hard times hit and Jesse lost his job as an engineer. Since the Coffeys both had previous experience gold panning and placer mining recreationally in the California Motherlode region, they decided to leave the grim reality of financial uncertainty, unemployment, and soup lines in the big city and head into the Sierra Nevada Mountains to try and make a living as small-scale placer miners. Initially, they worked an area in the Southern Motherlode region along Aqua Fria Creek in Mariposa County. Later, they moved north to work a section of the North Yuba River near Downieville.
Great little book, highly recommend it.
Curtis
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.Anyway ,. that was some rich gravel ,.. the Ol' timer made a butt load off it ,. then sold the tailings off to the chinese ,..then they ran the gravel for the third time,. and did good !
