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Posts: 4 (11/10/08 22:29:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Well I spent some of the summer bringing gravels home from the Cameron River area behind Arrowsmith. Not a very succesfull effort though. Tried several feeder creeks and road cuts but failed to find any colour. Been using a LeTrap in a recirculating setup . Panning riverside is near impossible for my knees...so bringing gravel home in pails. Have to try other areas next summer . Does the Englishman show any colours ? cheers Tony on the island.....
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Posts: 1409 (11/11/08 12:14:06) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Siggy don't bother with the Cameron river or its tributaries. If you want to find color go southwest a ways to China Creek and Mineral Creek. Lots of color there and some pickers. There are some small colors on the Englishman river, mossing often is good there, the upper Englishman has some tributaries that have coarser gold but very spotty. You must have missed my message to contact me for info......
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Posts: 5 (11/12/08 20:17:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Thanks for the tips Wayne. May try the moss along there , it is pretty close. thanks for the coffee too !! Tony on the island.....
goldhound		#3	[-]
Posts: 1425 (11/14/08 05:33:49) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	When i did some mossing there it seemed best further up and above the falls. I also found some neat old coins just above the bridge over the falls and along the bank. "Top bridge" area near the gun range also gave me some old silver coins behind the big trees along the road, that was the old Coach road and coins were dropped behind those trees when the knickers came down during "convenience breaks" Good luck and if you get too cold come to our "coffee shop" Wayne
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Posts: 1 (11/26/08 00:12:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi, I'm a noobie out of Alberni and I tried panning for the first time this summer and had a ball. I got skunked at Cameron River and had little luck at Cous Creek, Corrigan and Franklin River/Museum - although it may have more to do with my inexperience. I finally managed to find fine gold at China creek well below the Cameron Shop. Not wanting to step on anyones toes, Mineral Titles on Line shows that Mineral Creek is placer claimed from source to mouth as is the adjacent downstream area of China Creek so I steered clear. Next year I'd like to ask the tenure holder for permission to explore the Mineral Creek area. The China Creek mainline is gated since this is private land and also the source for the towns water supply. The gate is usually locked to keep out the yahoos and garbage dumpers, although it has been open the past few weeks. Island Timberlands is upgrading the road past 10 km near the junction with the road to King Solomon. Once they're done it should be easier to access the very upper end of China Creek, provided you can get a key. I think this is a great forum and has lots of good information. Of course there is no substitute for experience so I'd like to link up/tag along with veterans if they don't mind answering my stupid questions.
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Posts: 1432 (11/26/08 15:25:00) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Welcome Skunker! Your on the right track. I had a key to the gate on China creek years ago and spent much time there. You will not make much money there but good practice. On mineral creek the real money to be made would be to haul out the white quartz boulders from that mine and sell them to landscapers and home owners Corrigan creek gave me a couple nice pickers but very scarce and spotty. There was a mine upstream on it years back. Wayne
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Posts: 2 (12/22/08 22:36:23) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You're right Goldhound I probably won't make much money at China Creek. At least not at the rate I'm going, here is a picture of the results of many days. About 2.5 grams worth, plus a small flake of lead in there too. The creek is just a few minutes from my house so it makes for a quick and easy summer passtime. And I found a couple of good fishing holes as well.

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