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Title: Modern Day Prospector
Creator: Sacramento Bee
Date Created and/or Issued: 1963/10/11
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: Photo caption printed in the Sacramento Bee on October 13, 1963 states: "Bill Briscow, a modern day prospector, uses the old method of gold panning to separate the precious metal from gravel collected in a sluice box. Here, he comes up with a small quantity of gold."
Type: Image
Identifier: 78C667C0-764E-4C83-AB2C-345745550160
1983/001/SBPM07103
Subject: Feather River
Feather River Canyon
Briscow, Bill

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