Bryan Bennett looks demonstrates how to pan for gold in York County's Conewago Township earlier this year. Modern-day prospectors are seeking a permit to dredge the Conewago Creek for gold. (See photo of dredge below.) Background posts: Conewago crossing near Manchester hot spot for years and Old York County Boy Scout camp still teaching lessons and Does Washington Township's 'The Pickets' link with Civil War?.
York County sent forth a bunch of exuberant prospectors to seek California gold in 1849.
Well, their heirs are at work 150 years later, panning in Conewago Creek.
They're finding some flakes and recently asked the state for approval to use a small dredge to uncover more... .
Continue reading Pan-demic, rather dredge-demic, gold fever strikes York County in 2009.
