Mokelumne river

[tyeechinook]

Anybody prospect south of the hwy 49 bridge? I just don't want to make the journey all the way over there if it's all picked over real bad.


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[stefen]

This river as with many other rivers in California have been worked since the Gold Rush era and still give up its hidden bounty...

 

[dave wiseman]

Alot of the Moke river is claimed up and and EBMUD controls large parcels.The letters stand for East Bay Municipal Utility District,not a friendly outfit.

 

[Hoser John]

West of Hi way 49 will get ya nuttn' but trouble. In the 1994 Dredge committee meeting we were offered a chance to be PAID by the yard to dredge with 8-10-12" dredges AND keep the gold as that stretch of river is cemented in place. BUT committee killed and NO projects or 12+ openings thanx to miners rights(wrongs) groups-John

 

[dave wiseman]

.....And the Moke river may be designated some type of national area,so who knows if any mining will be allowed in the near future.

 

[Hoser John]

sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much gold to never be mined,but what's even worse the CDFG studied that stretch down to the powerhouse road and there is NOT a single fish that can spawn in that cement so many miles deadr' than a doornail to US and the fish....sic sic sic...greed kills all-We had the PAID testing grounds to prove once and for all that dredging is GREAT for the rivers,no mercury contamination,increase spawning grounds,establish a working relationship to the OTHER 3 projects they wanted us to dredge also for GOLD AND CASH PER YARD--John

 

[Oakview2]

These cemented gravels from previous hydraulic operation, or remenants of ancient tertiary channel?

 

[spillercanyon]

Looks like the Enviros are after the Mokelumne as well, to bad they won't let us dredge it and get it back to a more Natural State when the creeks ran hard and muddy moving gravel down the river, like a dredge would do.


Mokelumne River State Protection | myMotherLode.com

 

[Hoser John]

SMUD flexed their muscle many many years ago and as long as this ol'dredge dog can remember all west a 49 closed but decent gold east on private property that abounds-John

 

[Fullpan]

Looks like the Enviros are after the Mokelumne as well, to bad they won't let us dredge it and get it back to a more Natural State when the creeks ran hard and muddy moving gravel down the river, like a dredge would do.


Mokelumne River State Protection | myMotherLode.com

I have to laugh when reading the link: "Senator Hancock says state designation would ensure the river remains open for RECREATIONAL and TRADITIONAL uses
which benefits the foothill communities and their economies." These people have amazingly short memories !