Three people have been issued environmental citations for using sluice boxes for gold prospecting without a permit, according to the state s Agency of Natural Resources. A news release was sent out ...

Many years ago I was watching a show on television about gold prospecting. One of the people on that show said that most people are walking around on gold and don’t even realize it. That got me to ...

We ran our river material through the Dream Mat Sluice Box to see how much gold we could capture. Every pan reveals fine flour gold and sparkling nuggets. Discover why this sluice box is every ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is reminding the public that a state permit is required when using a sluice box to pan for gold. The agency says environmental ...

In 1938, gold prospectors worked the Los Angeles River. In later years, the river received its concrete coat — stopping the prospecting. Writer Don Ashbaugh reported in the Dec. 12, 1938, Los Angeles ...

SILVER CLIFF — You’d have to have rocks in your head to think panning for gold in Wisconsin rivers would be a get-rich-quick scheme. But it isn’t lack of intelligence that drives Jason Kelter into the ...

IDAHO CITY, Idaho — A historic multi-use property in Idaho City hit the housing market to the tune of $350,000. The Sluice Box, a locally loved second-hand store - collecting an eclectic sum of rare ...

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Gary Shaver of Sacramento places material from a mud pit into a sluice box secured in the Bear River last Thursday in Colfax. As the Golden State’s prolonged drought dries up irrigation supplies for ...