Summer Day Trips
There's Gold in Them Rivers!
by Mike Crooks

Members of the Clearwater Chapter of the Northwest Gold Prospectors Association will provide a power sluice, instruction on the art of gold panning, and a brief discussion on mining regulations and ethics at a location just east of Lewiston.  Pans and gold grabber sucker bottles will be provided for class use.  You will also receive a copy of the “Regulations & Claims Special Issue” newsletter and a vial in which to take your loot home.  Panning kits will be available for purchase.

1 day course

Mike Crooks became interested in prospecting about 15 years ago and this interest evolved over the years into a fun hobby. He has played his way through a pan, sluice, power sluice, gold suction dredges, crushers and metal detectors, and now owns a hard rock gold mine (a hole in the ground with a liar on top). Mike enjoys discovering, researching, and sharing the elusive history of gold mining in the area around Lewiston. He edits and publishes the monthly newsletter, “Clearwater Nuggets” for the Northwest Gold Prospector Association’s Clearwater Chapter, of which he is a charter member. He also occasionally writes some on the history of local mining.

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