pickney's

Updated: May 22, 2025

We were not to look for auriferous alluvium in the bed of any present existing stream, but in the "cement" or dried-up bed of the original prehistoric rivers that formerly ran parallel with the present bed, and which he demonstrated with the stem of Pickney's pipe in the red dust could be found by sinking shafts at right angles with the stream.

Bret Harte - The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales