So, if you went slogging up streams with a copy of “200 Waterfalls” in your hand, purely in the pursuit of waterfalls, you missed the boat. While you enjoyed the fresh coolness of that country stream and basked in the splatter of a glorious waterfall, you should have had your eyes pealed to the stream in pursuit of gold – really!
Here’s the story of some chaps who are making a hobby of panning for gold in Finger Lakes streams: Mining for gold in creek beds of the Finger Lakes — seriously
There’s even a web site on NY State Gold and, of course, a gold prospecting association.
