All That Glitter Here is Gold: The Swedish Gold Rush
The rocks around 44-year old Bernth Engstrom glisten with gold. He has made this century’s discovery in Sweden and started a gold rush unprecedented in Wermland (Midwestern Sweden). Now people take off into the woods with picks and shovels. But…
A Family Gold Dredging Trip to Virginia
We had purchased a Keene 3-inch dredge with air and attachments secondhand from a gentleman in California. When the tractor trailer truck arrived with the dredge on it, my wife Vickie helped the driver put the rather large crate in…
Glory Hole: the Gold Prospector’s Dream Come True
A glory hole is a gold prospector’s dream come true, a find of treasures that boggle the mind and excite the spirit. After twenty years of prospecting for gold in New England, I am used to an average day’s find…