My dad was always going to strike it rich by finding a gold or mineral mine in North Central Idaho. He never did find it, but we sure had a lot of fun looking. Later on in life, since he had give me the bug, I spent some time placer mining on the Southfork of the Clearwater River, near my home in Kooskia Idaho. I used a 4 inch floating suction dredge which I consider the best small scale mining tool ever invented. Basically it vacuums up the gravel of the creek or river bottom, runs the material over a series of riffles set in a sluice box, and quickly classifies the pay dirt down to a much smaller volume, which is easily panned out with a gold pan. I’ve never been so excited as when I was doing a clean-up and the bottom of my pan started turning yellow! One day my partner cleaned up over 11 ounces. Not a bad days work-or rather play! If you’d like to move to Idaho and try your luck at mining check out our website at www.myidahocountry.com
Ben..
RM
Idaho's Southfork of the Clearwater River.
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