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      On Clear Creek, east of 7th and Washington, near Commerce City, Colorado, a crew from Denver's WGN Channel 2 met with folks from the Gold Prospectors of the Rockies at 5:30 a.m. on August 2nd to tape gold panners in action. On hand from the club were Ken Barker and Jeff & Donna Mosteller. the WGN crew included intrepid reporter Dan Daru, a remote camera man, a remote camera operator, and a WGN intern. The edited tape was shown at the GPR meeting on August 20th. Dan Daru provided several fun moments, such as when he poured out a copper pan of concentrates (that Ken told him were worth $150.00) to use the pan as a prop, listed his Prospectors' Glossary of Terms (see below), and when he was told that there is gold in foods and medicines, likened eating gold to being a "human sluice box" (don't pan out those concentrates, Dan!). Jeff said that fun was had by all.

Prospectors' Glossary of Terms
per Dan Daru, Reporter, WGN Channel 2, Denver, Colorado

consarnit (kon sar' nit), expletive to express shock, anger.
dagnabit (dag hah- bit), expletive to express excitement, surprise.
dagunnit (dah gun' nit), expletive to express disappointment.

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5:30 a.m.

Channel 2 and the GPR arrive

Dan Daru of WGN, Ch. 2, Denver

Ken Barker and Dan Daru

Camera man and Ken Barker

Camera man, Dan Daru, and WGN intern

Camera man, Ken Barker, and Dan Daru

Ken Barker and Dan Daru

Remote camera man, Donna Mosteller, camera man, Ken Barker, and Dan Daru

Intern, Donna Mosteller, Dan Daru, camera man, and Ken Barker

Dan Daru, Donna Mosteller, and Ken Barker

Donna Mosteller, intern, camerman, remote camera man, Ken Barker, and Dan Daru

Ken Barker, Jeff Mosteller, and remote camera man

Ken Barker, Jeff Mosteller, and remote camera man

Intern, remote camera man, and Jeff Mosteller

Intern, camera man, Ken Barker, remote camera man, and Jeff Mosteller

Photo Credits: All by Jeff & Donna Mosteller

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