Bob H
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Panning for Gold in Baja - Old Map
I find this very interesting and wonder if there is gold to be found in Baja Norte!
http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/26172?view=print
http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/80winter/gold.htm
Here's an old thread on this subject from 2009
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=38725
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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El Alamo Region
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bajario
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I often wonder the same thing. When we were kids we had a short stint in Eureka and would travel east on holiday weekends and pan the Trinity river.
The memories of camping, panning, fishing along this river are great and I've always wanted to give it another shot. I've read Hermans book a handful
of times and feel like I'm him living these adventures. Maybe that's why I'm hooked watching Gold rush. The thrill of the hunt of hitting a vein or
finding nugget keeps my dream alive of doing it again. I just got to do it. Really isn't that hard. But I have lots of dreams.
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David K
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1905 Mine and Roads Map for your enjoyment...
Over around Gonzaga (Bay of San Luis):
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willardguy
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When it rained we could go out and pick up tiny gold nuggets where the rain had washed the earth away. However, we never became rich!
margaret brown baldwin talking about her childhood living at alamo.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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My problem is digging. In old wash arroyos. In "The likely places".
Going down four to six feet to find gold bearing material. I still have a gold pan, but a sluice (where's the water?) with miner's moss. followed by
panning will yield gold if that damned first six feet of sand and silt gets removed.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Bob H
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Really enjoyed looking at the 1905 mine maps David! Thanks.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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It was sent to me by a real cool Nomad, and I am happy to share my Baja treasures with you.
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