![]() ![]() NodeBox Linguistics proved to be critical-path to the project. Although its GUI is Mac-only, the NodeBox libraries aren't Mac-only. (I could not afford a Mac so I was working in a Linux VM. I was using NLTK and some other libraries, piece-wise, but NodeBox Linguistics bundled libraries I couldn't get working/installing right at the time. It was in college and I was learning to code as I went (I was a humanities/lit major). Ogden's list of basic English words, and Peter Norvig's spelling corrector. > The library bundles WordNet (using Oliver Steele's PyWordNet), NLTK, Damian Conway's pluralisation rules, Bermi Ferrer's singularization rules, Jason Wiener's Brill tagger, several algorithms adopted from Michael Granger's Ruby Linguistics module, John Wiseman's implementation of the Regressive Imagery Dictionary, Charles K. Mining is your right, but with all of the recreational conflicts on public lands these days, it is always best to go above and beyond to represent miners in a good light.Whoa, NodeBox! Back when I was doing my first big coding project, NodeBox 1's Linguistics library was really helpful for me. Treat the area with respect and hopefully you will have no difficulties. There have been increasing reports of harassment by Forest Service officials against prospectors along the San Gabriel River, but it is my understanding that these cases are generally for homeless campers who are trashing the area and overstaying the designated camping limits on public lands. There is no reason that gold prospecting can’t go right along with other recreational pursuits. ![]() If you visit, be sure to respect the area by picking up your trash and leaving the area better than when you got there. There have been many nice nuggets and specimens found in the waste piles that were pitched aside by the early miners.ĭue its nearby vicinity to the hugely populated areas of Southern California, the area gets a lot of pressure from recreational prospectors as well as campers, picnickers, and fisherman. Because of their crude mining methods, they often missed a large percentage of the gold that they ran through their sluice boxes and rockers, meaning that much of the gold is still in the ground waiting to be found.ĭon’t overlook old tailing piles of waste rock. Generally the most productive area to prospect is the same areas that the old timers worked during the 1800’s. Despite the frustration of this current rule, there are still several decent methods that can be used to find gold, so don’t give up! Keep in mind that California currently has a ban on suction dredging, so this is no longer an option for prospectors. ![]() Simple equipment such as gold pans and sluice boxes are still reliable producers of placer gold. There is also the occasional gold in quartz specimen still found here, and some of them can be true museum quality specimens. There have been large gold nuggets found which can be located using a quality metal detector, but the majority of gold found in this area are going to be smaller fines and flakes. The area is generally not considered to be as rich as the famous Mother Lode area to the north, but it is still a reliable producer of gold for a hard working prospector. The East Fork of the San Gabriel is known to be the richest area to explore here, although gold can be found in many small creeks and gulches throughout the San Gabriel Mountains. ![]()
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