MTTS - Depending on "just where" its located and what kind of access one has to it well, from what I've seen it could be well worth it! I was invited down the mountain and given a tour of the area, the private road down is not far from Foresthill, the canyon is quite inspiring! Its a big river in there, wide and lots of water though hampered by the dam up river that lets out water for the rafters further down the river. You do not want to be in the water when the dam water rush comes!
Lots of gold in there and lots & lots & lots of private, patented property!! Miles of it!!!! Lots of record class Trout as well and yes the fishing is restricted as well, private fishing club has rights to one section and its catch and release only for them! You can watch those puppies casually nipping at the surface of the water, so frustrating! There is even supposed to be a bear back in the Brush that has taken up housekeeping in an old mine tunnel. And yes, there is even the Old camp store there with the Ladies rooms up stairs.
I was shown pictures of gold and then I was shown The Gold. Really nice thumb size and larger gold. The catch is, one must Really work at it to get the gold. Like I said earlier big water, wide river and of course big boulders, lots of them, that require heavy equipment to move and that means lots of bucks to invest in what could be a bust! Awesome river to be down on it, even looking at it from the road side just down from FH the river it is beautiful with all the swings around the mountains, the fast water and gravel bars look so inviting! It has limited access only for a really good reason, there is gold there!....................63bkpkr
