Peacock's Run
("Beach Run Gold" that
is)
"First Gold"
"There's gold, and it's haunting and haunting;
It's luring me on as of old;
Yet it isn't the gold that I'm wanting
(from)
The Spell Of The Yukon
by Robert Service
http://tobi_wan_2.tripod.com/SpellOfYukon.html
I was born on 19, April, 1948; in New Haven, New Haven
(County), CT., USA. But before long my family moved to
Oregon; I took my first steps in Oregon. Many of those
steps during the years I lived in Oregon and in Alaska,
were
on 'gold laden' beaches. Even in resent years,
when I know
that there was said to be gold on the beaches of the
west
coast including Oregon; I did not know where it was or
how
to find it.
With the help of several people who know
that I wanted to
know how to find the gold of the coast, I was finally
pointed in the right direction by a friend of ours named
Rita, in the Southerland/Okaland, area of OR..
She E-mailed me a page off the
Treasure Net's Prospecting Forum page; about "Beach Mining"
from the summer of 1997. To find out all the postings
they
have on "Beach Mining" do a search on the "Forum" page
"http: //www.treasurenet.com/forum".
Treasure Net is one of the
best Medal Detector and Prospecting sites on the web.
I November of 1997 I got in contact with
Robert Muffet
of the North Bend Coss Bay area of the Oregon coast.
In
December of '97 he took us to the "Whiskey Run" where
(I am
told) gold was first found is Oregon. That day was when
I
found "First Gold" the gold shown at the top of this
page.
I'm still only learning, but I'll be happy to share what
information I 'can', 'Hay, every good prospector has
to KEEP
a secrets or two', and some places are 'special places'
for
other people. -- Who is going to trust you with their
best
places if you tell everyone else. But there are a lot
of
places I can tell about.
Have fun, and may ever the bottom of your pan be full
and
yellow.
"Beachcomber"
This is "Beachcomber".
It is 2 of my 4 "Beach Boxes" linked in tandem.
One box is enough to find some
gold, but 'hay, go for the gusto'.
Actually there is a reason for
extra boxes. The longer the box, the
less gold will be lost. Most people
make their boxes Between 20" and
36" wide, and between 4 ft. and
6 ft. long. Both the width and the
length add to the capability of
the beach box. A good "Concentrating
Table" is 24" x 24', and 36" x
24' to 32' and costs lots of $$$; so 4 boxes to get a
24" x 12' table, is not extreme
at all. But it is unreasonable to carry all that
equipment to the beaches.
When you need to drive as far as I do to
get to good beaches, then even
two boxes is pushing it. If you want to
know more about "Beach Boxes" and
"Beach Mining", or if you want to
order one made to 'fit' you, contact
me at cedonaldson@starband.net
These are a few pictures from a 'run' to the beach back in January of 1998
1) Violet (my wife) in front of "Beachcomber"
on the South Oregon coast;
2) Me (Peacock) prospecting the streaks
of gold baring, 'Black Sands'. You can see the streaks of black sands
in the creek and on the beach, those sands contain the gold and heavy minerals.
It is much harder to keep the gold in the black sands that are in the creek
because as you try to shovel in the creek the gold keeps sinking deeper, that
is why shoveling any deposit in water is called "Chasing the gold", (as in
). These good streaks in
the creeks can best be dredged with a 1" or 1.5" dredge. The pump for
such a dredge is ideal to get water to a beach
box like "Beachcomber".
3) Me (Peacock) with "Beachcomber" on the
same beach.
4) "Beachcomber" in all its glory, amid the beauty
of God's creation, on the southern Oregon coast.
