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(See Little Smoky Creek on Google Earth at: Latitude: 43°32'08.10"N Longitude: 114°43'49.94"W)
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Little Smoky Creek Dig
So finally, after two years, I got to go gold digging again. I took my wife, two of my daughters, my father-in-law, and of course the dog, and headed up to Little Smoky Creek on a GPAA (www.goldprospectors.org) claim to dig up some dirt -- and a lot of rock. There's always a lot of rock. That's one drawback of digging for gold on a creek or river bed. It's never nice, easy soil you can slide a shovel in. It's always loaded with lots of gravel and some big rock as well. In other words, try going out to your hard packed gravel driveway, or even your pavement or cement, and start digging a hole. It's about like that.
Of course, there is the reward. Gold!!! And that's what keeps me chipping away.
Ok, ok, it's not like I'm going to dig up my weight in gold in a weekend. Mining, if done for a living, requires a lot of hard work and some luck to strike it rich. But, if you hit a good spot on the creek bed, you'll definitely find enough to make it enjoyable and to bring home a memory.
So, did we hit a good spot on the creek? Yes! And then it was time to come home. Ugh. Which is why we ended up going back again the next weekend and staying for three more days. And I can't wait to go back again because there is still more good dirt and clay to dig up.
Let me show you where we were digging.
All that where my daughter is standing, where the gold pan sits, and where she has the shovel is where we dug. I know that doesn't look like much, but it took two days to do it. Of course, it's not like we were working hard at it. I mean, this is supposed to be fun. I took some time to teach my wife and kids how to dig and how to use the gold pans to find gold in the dirt. Plus, we took a drive each day and hiked around a bit. Here's another view of it.
However, now look at the hole after the next weekend, after five days of chipping away at it.
That's a bit bigger, eh? I actually took out the big rock on the left side above the shovel and all the dirt around it before we left, too. There was a LOT of clay beneath that rock. Let me tell you what is so exciting about clay.
First, you need to understand that gold is very heavy. It always sinks to the bottom of whatever it is in as much as it can. Clay is the heaviest of the different types of soil. Therefore, when you find clay, that's a good indication you are at the bottom. Clay is also very sticky so gold will get trapped in it. Now do you see why I like to find clay? Of course, clay can also be hard to work with, but taking the time to get the gold out of it is well worth it, trust me.
So, how about a picture of some gold? Ok, here you go.
That's only a bit of what we found. I'll take another picture once I get it all sorted out and put together. I still have to work over the clay I brought home. You see, clay has to be handled separately. I have to dry it out, break it up, and then work it to get the gold out of it. I'm not done with that yet. Plus, it takes time to sit and separate the gold from all the black sands you see there. Anyway, I'll update this section with a photo of all the gold we found once I get to that point.
For now, though, if you want to know more about gold digging or the Gold Prospector's Association of America, just email me and I can tell you more about it, or go to www.goldprospectors.org
Also, check out what else we found while hanging out at Little Smoky Creek including my wife's close encounter with the local wildlife, a really nice five point buck, a ghost town, and some great scenery.
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