Highbankers

By: Dan Hodgins

Highbankers are a type of powered sluice box used by recreational placer miners to extract gold from sands and gravels. Highbankers that recreational placer miners use are typically between 6-14 inches wide and anywhere from 24 inches (2 feet) to 72 inches (6 feet) in length. Highbanking is the act of mining for gold using a highbanker, a type of power sluice that uses a gas-powered or electric-powered pump to wash gravels in a sluice box to separate gold from lighter minerals.

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About The Founder

Hi, I'm Dan, the owner of Pickaxe.ca. I live in the Okanagan in BC, Canada and enjoy sharing what I have learned about gold prospecting over the past 5 years. Whether you are interested in improving your research, testing, panning, highbanking, or cleanups, you'll find some valuable information here. If your goal is to get as much gold as possible then you are in good company.