Be It Humble Or Be It Bold, Follow Your Dream—Reach For Gold!
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 3—Outline:
Bold and determined thieves repeatedly target my camp even though I try my best to stop them.
I make the best of a bad weather day by jaunting into Downieville to look the town over, sell gold, and buy supplies.
Bandits!
Over the next couple of [...]
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Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 2—Outline:
My first opportunity to prospect for gold on the Yuba River during the harsh winter of 1978-’79 finally presents itself. I get lucky and discover a little pocket of placer gold, recover it with some simple tools, and pan it down to concentrates. The auspicious launch of [...]
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Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 1—Outline:
I become estrangement from my wife and hit the road. After traveling around the west, taking a job here and there and not finding my niche, I decide to give my lifelong passion for prospecting for gold a go.
I set up my first scanty camp on the [...]
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I had a little Ford Ranger in those days that I hauled all my gear in, and when I got to where I wanted set up a camp, I pitched a tent as storage for the gear, which gave me room to sleep in the back of the truck.
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I’ll tell the tale one of these days.
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Bruce and I have been friends for years. When this photo was taken, we were prospecting in the Mojave–’94.
He’s a hard-rock miner and expert with a metal detector too. His brother Bob ain’t to shabby with a detector either.
Their dad Ken was a prospecting buddy of mine as well; I guess it [...]
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An uninvited guest arrives at my cabin in Kenai, Alaska, ‘91
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Bud Goodall–showing off a Carribo Rack at his camp on the Mosquito Fork of the Fortymile River in Alaska.
Bud is a good friend. We used to snipe together in California back in the early ’80s and he mined out of Chicken Alaska on some claims he owned with a partner named [...]
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While rafting the Middle Fork of the Feather on a sniping trip in ‘79 my gear got wet in some rapids. This is a photo of some of it spread-out and drying in the sun.
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