Finding Roadside Gold in Alaska
It had been a dry, hot summer in the Alaska interior. Many of the creeks I’d prospected up were now dry. Most of the old timers here on Hog’em Gulch said they hadn’t seen it this dry in years. The…
Highbanking: Finding Gold with Placer Mining
Over a period of years, I’ve had the opportunity to use all the major brands of highbanking units now being marketed, and I enjoy this form of placer mining. There’s something very satisfying about getting out there with a shovel,…
An Australian Gold Dredger In Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) first gold rush was in 1878, bringing white miners to the jungles close to where the capital city of PNG, Port Moresby, now stands. Then, in 1888, Australian miners entered a few of the small islands…
