Gold Mania in the Yukon

Finlay MacKay for The New York Times "Shawn Ryan outside Whitehorse, Yukon Territory."

A recent article in the NYTimes detailed out not only the tremendous increase in gold prices these days, but also the Gold Rush going on in the Yukon. Alaska is where The Gold Cone was invented and where it still serves best as a quick and utilitarian method to quick pan and heck, even feed [...]

There is a Gold Rush going on in Peru!

I was reading this article Peru’s new gold rush damages environment on the Seattle Times site a reprint from the Washington Post, also carried on the BBC News. Look at the picture of the plate used for panning and you can see exactly where a TheGoldCone would be useful, much more useful than traditional methods. [...]