ʻO ka Lāhui Kūʻaiʻo Swift River Gold

Pan o Gold ma Maine's Coos Canyon

ʻO Coos Canyon, aia ma ke alanui Route 17 ma Byron, Maine, he wahi hoʻokipa, he kāpena pōhaku i kālaiʻia i loko o ka hale e ka Swift River. Uaʻike wau i nā poʻe maoli no-a me ka loaʻa-gula ma Coos Canyon. Peheaʻoe e noi nei? ʻO wau, ua pāpā wau ma nāʻaoʻao o "The Big Nugget Book."

ʻO ka Swift River kahi o nā kahawai he nui aʻoi aku i ka hapalua mau kahawai a me nā muliwai i Maine iʻikeʻia i nāʻauwaha gula. A hiki iāʻoe ke pā i kekahi mau mea'ē aʻe Mainers mālama i ka mum.

Wahi a ka pepa Maine o ka mālama mālama waiwai maine ma ka "Maine", "Ke kaha ke gula ma nā'ōnaehana honua i Maine: i loko o kahi moe, i nā mea kanu i hoʻokuʻuʻia mai kahi hale moe e nā glaciers, a me nā waihona wai i loaʻa mai kekahi o kēia mau puna."

ʻO ka mea i loaʻa kahi'ōmole gula eʻoi aku ana iʻekolu mau'āpana aʻoi aʻe paha, ua hiki keʻae i kāna kiʻi i loko o "The Big Nugget Book," he kiʻi kiʻi i hōʻikeʻia ma'ō aku o ke alanui mai Coos Canyon ma ka Coos Canyon Rock & Gift Shop, kahi āu e hiki ai. e hoʻolimalima i nā mea pale umauma gula (ʻoiai e hana maikaʻiʻia ka pāpale paila i ka home). ʻO ka "Big Big Nugget Book" i piha i nā makaʻoluʻolu o nā mea holomua o nā makahiki a pau e hoʻokiʻekiʻe ana i kā lākou gula gula.

ʻOiai e hiki mai ka kaulanaʻana mai ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea hua palaoaʻekolu,ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa ka waiwai maikaʻi. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua like ka palaoa me ka 0.0648 grams wale nō. Eia naʻe, ke kūʻai aku nei ka Coos Canyon Rock & Gift Shop i nā'āpana likeʻole a me nā pana e hiki ai iāʻoe ke hōʻike aku i kou mau lepa uila o ke gula maikaʻi: kahi waiwai maikaʻi mai Maine.

Ināʻoe e hele ana i Coos Canyon ...

Kahi:ʻO Coos Canyon ke kūlanakauhale o Byron, Maine, ma ke Alanui 17. E piʻi mai ma kou'ākauʻoiai e hele anaʻoe i Rangeley ma ke alanui 17 Komohana.

Ke komoʻana: Aia kahi kaʻawale kaʻawale i ka Coos Canyon site, aʻaʻohe uku e hele i kahi kiʻi kahi e hele ai paha i loko o ka wai e ho'āʻo ai i ka panning luck no ke gula.

Pan no Gold: E lawe i kāu mau pono panning, a haehae paha i ka hoʻokele a me ka wikiwiki i ka panning ma ka Coos Canyon Rock & Gift Shop, ma 472 Swift River Road, ma ke alanui Route 17 mai Coos Canyon. I ka makahiki 2017,ʻo ka uku no ka ukuʻana i ka pā a me ka weheweheʻana i ka pahu he $ 2 ia no ka lā, a he $ 8 hōpono hoʻomaha e pono ai. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe makemake e komo i loko o ka muliwai, hiki iāʻoe ke paʻi i ka uku. Ke kūʻai nei kēia kumukūʻai he 8-ounce, 16-'anea a iʻole he'ekekahi galani aiʻole he mauʻili kelepona e hoʻonuiʻia me nā liʻiliʻi ma kahi liʻiliʻi loa, no laila eʻikeʻiaʻoe i ke gula kūkala.

Camp e pili ana: Coos Canyon Cabins a me Campground, 207-364-3880, nā hale kūʻai pale gula ma ka hale kūʻai o ka hale kūʻai a hāʻawi aku i nā hale noho a me nā wahi hoʻomoana no nā halelewa, nā mea hoʻomoana a me nā RV.

Hotels a me Inn: He papa kuhikuhi o nā hale o ka Hale Chamber of Commerce i ka lā.

Makemakeʻoe e kiʻi i ka hopohopo e pili ana i ke kūlana gula ma Maine?

Hoʻomakaʻia ka Club Mains Gold Prospectors Club i nā mea a pau, aʻo kaʻaoʻao Facebook o ka hui kahi mea kōkua no ka wahi a me pehea e hahau ai i ke gula.