Panning For Gold

A gold panning experience like no other!

Can you sieve out the golden nuggets from the buckets of dirt brought up from the depths of the Steep Ravine? Smokey Joe and Digger will tell you the history of this Welsh Gold Mine and show you how miners found gold in the Welsh hills.

What's involved:

Get to know Smokey Joe and Digger and put a shift in at the trough, looking for golden nuggets and teaching you how to pan for gold
Watch as Smokey smelts down your golden nuggets into a golden ingot
For all your hard work, you get to keep your golden ingot!

Information

All Ages
45 minutes
Camp Smokey
Adult required
March - November

Gold Panning, Smokeys Mine

Gold Panning looking Into the stream

Gold Panning with bowl

Gold Panning, smokey and digger

Gold Panning Families

Gold Panning Rocks and Gold

Gold Panning Weighing The Gold

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