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Alder Gulch fee panning, Virginia City

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What you could find

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Richest placer gulch of 1863 Montana, panned today at fee operations along the gulch

Commercial panning at the historic district is long established.

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