Not just the 2008 economic slowdown but a group of men and women who only survive in the wilds – while searching for fortunes in the shiny metal.
This story originally came from the Wired Blog @ Meet the Rugged Prospectors Still Panning for Gold in California | Raw File | WIRED with a link to The New Yorker and finally this site by a photographer @ Sarina Finkelstein | Photographer | New York, NY | 347-277-4726
One can visit just about any Army/Navy surplus store to find just about anything one needs to pan for gold.
Did you know that the Franciscan friars knew of gold in California in 1812 – more than three decades before the discovery at Sutter's Mill?
