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fever |
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does anyone prospect on the cottenwood, picked up a claim last night and was woondering what to expect out of this river. Any info would be appreciated thank
you fever
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I'm not sure if they're talking about creek or river..
I was looking at some in the creek, here's a related link to your question.
Jennifer E-Trac and GPX-4500 (and one in the oven, not sure if it will be an Excalibur or Infinium for rainy days). VE7OTH, KB6JEN, formerly VK2WD
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Fever,I have a unique book written by a Cariboo prospector, the late Ken MacGowan. Called Cariboo Gold Strike. About 60 pages of hand-drawn maps of Cariboo placers. This one, here is the Cottonwood map. Sorry for the poor scanning quality. I think I can improve the quality if I scan with higher resolution. Try using your page zoom tool to 400%. I'll re-do if you want.
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BOOK REPORT by Andy Motherwell
CARIBOO GOLD STRIKE by Ken MacGowan. Self published 2000. This book is a real asset to anyone interested in finding and viewing many of the old workings from the earliest period to the present. KEN macGowan, has gold in his blood as he is from a third generation mining family in the Cariboo. His hand drawn maps, mine layouts, road locations and written text make locating the old sites very easy. Ken gives good descriptions of the geology, and the various methods used in each of the locations he writes about. Of further interest he lists who the people were, when they were in the area and how much gold was recovered. Each map has a great deal of information as page 13 illustrates, giving mining names such as W.Patenaude(1994); L.Hess; T.Corless; and L.Frank in Quesnel canyon in 1970--99; Hoy Bar, south of the plywood plant run by D.Sargent 1990; the Tertiary mine run by Len Knudson in 1950--1980; and the British Bar south of Richbar, mined in 1860. The book is divided into sections for each creek, river and area. We have re-discovered many of the old sites with the help of this work and Bill Hong"s. Bill Hong"s book has been re-published and is at several stores. (Ed. such as Barkerville Hotel, I believe.) Ken MacGowan hand printed each page, copied them, and then stapled them together and added duct tape on the spine. Copies are hard to find but the Quesnel Library has one. Ken is working on a later edition but the publication date is unknown according to Maureen at Caryall. A unique Cariboo effort. http://barkerville.bc.ca/...ters/November%202007.pdf Shoot.... another book I need to buy...
Jennifer E-Trac and GPX-4500 (and one in the oven, not sure if it will be an Excalibur or Infinium for rainy days). VE7OTH, KB6JEN, formerly VK2WD
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nug, your post reminded me of somthing, I have that book and it ia an awesome read, I bought it out by barkerville about eight years ago, I spent over an hour looking for it today. i recently picked up a claim on the quesnel river and thats on page 14 thank you for the reply, so were all good Mike |
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goldhuntergurl |
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Hi,
I was on a claim ther last year and what we found was flour/flakes with the potential of nuggets in the bedrock cracks....were close to the cottonwood house...Where is your's? |
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