if you got off the train in Auburn CA with $400

[littlesquirrrel]

If you got off Amtrak in Auburn CA to go gold panning, have $400 cash in your pocket and a backpack full of camping gear, what would be the first few things you would do.

 

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[johngfoster]

I prospected that area in the early '90s--N-fork American river and Bear river. Found a few specs of gold, but quickly realized I'd make more money flipping burgers at McDonalds. But then again, I was only using a pan and a homemade sluice box.

 

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