AUBURN, Calif. (AP) — As California’s drought persists and
water levels dip to historically low levels, gold prospectors are taking
to Northern California rivers hoping to spot something shiny.
The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/1d4HnOt ) that calling it a gold rush
might be a stretch, but unusually low
rivers are opening up areas of Placer County that haven’t been touched
by man in decades, if not over a century.
James Hutchings,
Sacramento chapter president of the Gold Prospectors Association of
America, tells the newspaper that flakes — possibly even nuggets — that
normally would be submerged might be available.
Over the weekend, truck driver Michael Albin came away with a gold chip in his pan about one-fourth the
size of a pea.
He says that’s enough to keep him coming back for more.
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Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.
AUBURN, Calif. (AP) — As California’s drought persists and
water levels dip to historically low levels, gold prospectors are taking
to Northern California rivers hoping to spot something shiny.
The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/1d4HnOt ) that calling it a gold rush
might be a stretch, but unusually low
rivers are opening up areas of Placer County that haven’t been touched
by man in decades, if not over a century.
James Hutchings,
Sacramento chapter president of the Gold Prospectors Association of
America, tells the newspaper that flakes — possibly even nuggets — that
normally would be submerged might be available.
Over the weekend, truck driver Michael Albin came away with a gold chip in his pan about one-fourth the
size of a pea.
He says that’s enough to keep him coming back for more.
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Information from: The Sacramento Bee, http://www.sacbee.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.