Thanks fella's.
Russ: do you (or anyone else reading) know if Alan is still alive? Can't find anything on him (or Phil) past 2002 (when they came up with that sluice). Connie built an enlarged version of it and we still have a couple but didn't have them with us for that trip (would have built a long tom if we did).
Dick: The Miller table would be an excellent idea if I was doing it everyday for sure. At this point one more piece of equipment is just one more thing to move . . .
Hoser: Connie doing pretty good with the foot - still has phantom pain off and on though.
Finally: in regards to sluice boxes, I've been wading through this material:
http://www.hecklerfabrication.com/files/sluice-build-partIII-2.pdf and you might find parts of it interesting.