Be It Humble Or Be It Bold, Follow Your Dream—Reach For Gold!
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 [...]
Read: Moving to the Yuba River to Snipe for Gold, Winter 1978-’79
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 [...]
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 [...]
Read: Of Camp Thieves and a Day in Downieville—Winter 1978-’79
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 4—Outline:
I set up my new sluice box in the river, work a long day, and haul a couple hundred five gallon buckets of gravel to run through the box. My hands take a beating, and I have to return to camp for an equipment modification in order [...]
Read: Gold in My Sluice Box, Snow on My Ground, I Ain’t Got No Company ‘cause No One’s Around!
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 5—Outline:
A slide cuts me off from town, and bad weather keeps me in camp. The river floods and huge, downed trees race by in the current. Camp is pummeled by fierce winds. Branches are falling all around me like rain and trees could be next. I [...]
Read: River Risin’—Trees Fallin’, if I Had a Brain—I’d Be Haulin’!
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 6—Outline:
I meet the self-proclaimed Super Sniper. He’s a chubby, older man who used to snipe for gold but now scours the countryside daily on his little Honda motorcycle looking for anything that will up his bottom line.
He lives year around in his old camper, traveling from spot [...]
Read: Super Sniping Legend—Maybe! Raconteur Extraordinaire—Definitely!
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 7—Outline:
I brake camp, leave the Yuba River behind, and drive to an unfamiliar city to purchase food and prospecting supplies. After a sleepless night in a flee bag motel, and almost penniless, I must get to the mountains (in a remote and elevated region of the Gold [...]
Read: To the Market for the Supplies and to the Mountains for the Prize!
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 8—Outline:
While prospecting for gold in Plumas County California, I become concerned for the safety of my new camp and venture out to scout my surroundings. During the reconnaissance, I visit some ghost towns and old-timer’s gold mining sites. I’m spotted by the Forest Service.
On the way back I’m [...]
Jason Quinten Kincade’s Gold Fever Diary, Page 9—Outline:
My wife, Step-son, and Henry, our German Shepherd, hike into a steep, remote canyon to set up a camp for a weeks stay. My 11 year-old Step-son catches bait and goes fishing everyday. My wife reads, sunbaths and otherwise does her thing. I put on a wetsuit [...]
