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JAMESTOWN, Calif.—Gold mining gave California its nickname, the Golden State. While mining nowadays is far from what it used to be, gold fever isn't completely gone.
Along Highway 49 in Jamestown, California, visitors pan for gold in Woods Creek.
Three generations of the Prebalick family talked to NTD, a sister media of The Epoch Times, about how they have been running California Gold Panning since the late 1970s.
Nate, Terry, and Nick Prebalick in Jamestown, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2022. (Cynthia Cai/NTD)
The grandfather, prospector Terry Prebalick, moved to California from Minnesota in 1979 when he was working for a printing press for a newspaper....