WHILE MY FRIEND ED SUPERVISED THE BULLDOZER CUTTING THE NEW ROAD DOWN TO HIS CABIN, HE TOLD
ME TO TAKE A NAP IN THAT TENT ONLY AN HOUR BEFORE THE ROOT BALL, DISLODGED BY THE DOZER, CAME
CRASHING DOWN THE HILL TO FLATTEN THE TENT AND THE COT INSIDE. GOLD FEAVER HAD CALLED TO ME A
BIT EARLIER SO I WAS 75 FEET UP THE CREEK SHOVELING DIRT INTO MY SLUICE. SURE GLAD I'M NOT A DAY
NAPPER.
I DESIGNED THIS SLUICE SO THAT IT COULD BE CONVERTED INTO A TRI-LEVEL WASHER. IT WORKS WELL.
I USED ANGLE IRON TO FABRICATE ADJUSTABLE LEGS WITH FABRICATED THUMB SCREWS THAT I POUNDED FROM HEX BOLTS. I ANGLED THE LEGS OUTWARD FOR GREATER STABILITY.
I CUT FLAT STOCK WHICH I WELDED TO FORM RIFFLES.
I USED PVC FOR MY WASHER AND CUT THE BOTTOM OF A SQUARE PLANTER FOR THE RECEIVING BOX.
USING PLASTIC GARBAGE CANS, LARGE PVC PIPE AND PLUMBERS PUTTY, I CONSTRUCTED A THREE TIER TAILING SYSTEM SO THE WATER PUMPED BACK TO THE RECEIVING BOX WAS AS CLEAR OF SILT AS POSSIBLE.
