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1st Place

Winner of 1 oz Gold Eagle

Max Gilbertson - Independence, California

“Prospector in Search of Ore, Clover Patch

District, Mono County”

2nd Place

Winner of 1/2 oz Gold Eagle

Scott Mueller - Anchorage, Alaska

“Feeding the Wash Plant, Placer Gold Mine,

Northwest Alaska”

3rd Place

Winner of 1/4oz Gold Eagle 

Chris Ralph - Reno, Nevada

“Prospecting with the Grandson”

4th Place

Winner of a one-year subscription 

Sheila Mosher - Pendelton, Oregon

“Working Inside the Bend in Eastern Oregon”

5th Place

Winner of a one-year subscription 

Alan R. Cook - Palmdale, California

“Shallow Bedrock on Consumnes, California”

Other Winners of a one-year subscription were:

6th Place

Jerry Lamb - Umpqua, Oregon

"Paydirt Sluicing in the Backyard Creek"

7th Place

Al Wilkins - Irvine, California

"Jim Guntis Mining at the Wahoo IV Claim"

8th Place

Ganges Excavation Services - Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada

"All Smiles and Gold Fever Looking at Concentrates at Cleanup"

9th Place

Bud Neale - Salem, Oregon

"Listening for Gold"

10th Place

Marge Pickens - Sacramento, California

"Metal Detecting at Sunset"

There were several photos that deserved Honorable Mention.

Nate Wynn

Bernie Pendergast

Lori Connelly

Glenn Rizer

Michelle Spain

Alan Frye

James Hosier

Darryl Cook

Leonard Leeper

Alan Trees

JT Solem

Frank Wagar

Len Padios

Mike Mosher

Elizabeth Weber

John Thurston