All those low-level exploration trips in and around the Sierra Nevada mountains and all its streams and rivers have now come to fruition because of the present drought!
......>>>> http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/califo ... 05488.html
The dried-up waterways have now exposed all those shiny gold nuggets on the surface!
An aviator gold prospectors dream!
Staking my claim....
...I may be some time...Merchants National Bank, Sacramento.....

Paul....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush