Popular gold panning sites can be reached from the road.

Gold panning is the greatest threat to the environment in the area.

There are locations where gold panning is a popular activity.

Gold panning continues to be good for the experienced amateur.

Some public lands have been set aside for recreational gold panning.

A vast majority of the population survives through gold panning.

The primary local occupations at the time were gold panning and agriculture, he reported.

The visitor center near Challis has a museum and gold panning station.

"And let me tell you right now, that gold panning thing was just a smokescreen.

During summer months tours of the dredge and gold panning are available for a small fee.

Gold panning deserves special attention, because even today it is practiced as a sport with several different championships.

The sport of competitive gold panning is becoming more and more popular.

Pans are used for placer mining operations, such as gold panning.

Its main industries include fishing, tourism and gold panning.

"We're preparing documents for independent gold panning," he said.

Since then miners have developed high-tech gold panning methods.

They also said they detected mercury poisoning from gold panning.

In addition there is a superb Minerals Museum and you can try your hand at gold panning.

Gold panning is permitted on the park grounds.

The site has been redeveloped in recent years with new children's attractions, including gold panning and go-karts.

Gold panning and related techniques quickly exhausted all the alluvial (surface) deposits.

Annually, in late June or early July, the town is host to a gold panning contest.

Simulated fossil dig site and gold panning (for non-gold minerals).

Trout fishing and recreational gold panning are popular family activities on the South Fork.

Gold panning is mostly a manual technique of separating gold from other materials.