Husband and I searched around Rockerville for gravel layers. We took the forest service road south just at the old boy scout camp turnout. Found out where the old timers mined with the flume from Sheridan Lake area. Here are some pictures of what we found - a cave (we were nearby Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns), rock piles in the valley floor, similar to what we saw at the Mother Lode in California, and a piece of sandstone with beautiful crystals of some kind - looked a little like maybe salt crystals? Maybe its the same as what's on the cave walls. There was evidence of mining everywhere, both old diggin's and recent drywashing (is that legal here?) We will see if there is any gold left tomorrow.
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