Hands and pans in Auburn State Rec. area

[joe of pville]

If you are plannining to do any prospecting on the north or middle fork of the American river between Auburn and Colfax check with the F&G. Rules may have changed according to Frank at Pioneer mining supplies in Auburn. I was told last Thurs. that you could only use hans and pans at the confluence, which is inside the boundries. This means no tools other than a pan, not even tweezers. 30,000 acres, what will they think of next?

[gremlin]

at least in the worst spot in Indiana you can use a scoop. IE a garden trowel

[CalGoldDredger]

Wonder which special interest group pushed the State into that? fishermen, rafters, greenies???? or was it the one with the most money?
Something is terribly wrong with this whole deal.

[Hoser John]

New boss=new rules=each little forest king interperts the laws to their own sic perverse beliefs and we pay forevermore sayeth the raven-I've ran,and many friends, 6-8-10-12"ers in the friggn' place for over 30 years and you'd NEVER know there was a single rock moved as mother nature concels all within a year or so.This is a direct action due to the cancer from the klamath anti dredging BS as it runs rampent across the whole west -John

[CalGoldDredger]

Ain't it so true, Hoser. It sucks real bad and it has for some time now.
I interpret the rules differently myself, learned from the masters, USFS.

[Hoser John]

evil assmasters

[joe of pville]

We need to teach illegals how to pan, sluice, and yes dredge. It would be PC if the dredger spoke only Spanish then maybe we could get dredging back.

[CalGoldDredger]

Here is some more info from the ICMJ website with some links to e-mail addresses where comments can be sent in regards to this and he also has a link for a copy of the closure order.

http://www.icmj.com/news-detail.php?id=80&keywords=Prospectors_fight_Auburn_Recreation_Area_closure_to_mining