Yukon Gold Rocker

By Delos Toole

The wheels of the unit were selected so that it could be pushed to the riffle homestead, up several branches of narrow, dry creek beds composed of glaciered pebbles and sand that exist in the area. These wheels are the type that will go over the kind of terrain that the gold searcher has in mind to cover. The unit can also serve as a supply carrier or wheelbarrow.

Making the gold rocker shorter, proportionately to the regular dimensions and attaching larger wheels will make it a portable, light unit. It can then traverse the mountain trails into the higher land and outbacks where very few people will frequent or care to take the proper equipment with them. With this portable gold rocker, the gold searcher can make one trip with all of his gear.

The gold rocker is unequalled when water is scarce and hard to find. If working out of a drum of water, this water can be recycled from the sump hole.

To use the gold rocker properly, pour the water over the aggregate evenly and begin rocking at the same time. The faster you rock the gold rocker, the quicker the aggregate will travel down the riffle system and the slower the water will move. The slower the gold rocker is rocked, the quicker the water will move, and the aggregate will move more slowly. Find a compatible medium for washing and moving the aggregate down the riffle system.