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features Battalion/Page 13 September 2, 1982 t>M, GoId panning can be easy and fun Man’s gold hobby pans out United Press International SEATTLE — Bill Sullivan, who panned gold for necessity during the Great Depression, now pans for fun and teaches others how to, also. “When I was a forestry stu dent at the University of Monta na in Missoula in the ‘30s, I’d work hard and collect about 14 ounces a year,” he recalls. “The ^ price of refined gold was pegged at $35 an ounce, but I’d get the ‘creek bed’ price of about $18 and that would about cover my tuition.” Sullivan says he didn’t think much about panning for gold until he began making plans to retire from his job as an indust rial engineer. “I recognized gold had terri fic recreational possibilities, and I found I was getting bit again by the gold bug myself,” he said. He plunged into research, reading old newspaper accounts and records in public libraries and universities plus data sup plied by agencies of the various states. Sullivan says he developed a good understanding and pers pective on the gold taken from Alaska and the West since 1850, so he designed maps charting the gold “hot spots” in the West and authored two books, “The Gold Game” and “Placer Pros pecting. He estimates at least 3,000 men, women and children have conie to public libraries or schools to take the free, three- hour course he teaches on the fundamentals of panning for gold. Sullivan says he can teach any one — even young children — how to pan for gold in 10 or 15 minutes. A rectangular plastic pan he uses makes the job easier and faster than the traditional round metal pan. AGGADILLO T-Shirts *10 7S Sweatshirts ’12 75 13 oz. 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She was very sad,” Christ ensen said. 1 Christensen tracked down the father and daughter and called police to arrest the man and nbld the daughter for her mother. ■ "In the police car, the girl drew a little heart and said, ‘Give this to my Mom.’ It was very touching and it was really some thing to see the girl and her mother together again,” she said. “They’re forever grateful, I still hear from them.” Christensen said the detective business for a woman is not liv ing life like someone from “Charlie’s Angels” but she said she has experienced danger: "I’ve jumped from a burning car. I’ve had to scale a high fence. I’ve been wrestled and thrown to the floor.” But she said she is not afraid. “You can’t afford to be afraid and do your work. If you’re afraid, you should go into other work.” She said there was strong evi dence an incendiary device had been placed in her car the day the engine burst into flames as she was driving: “I had a lot of documented evidence. They were trying to warn me. I had too much evi dence. I found witnesses no one else could find. They were wor ried, and they should have been. They all got 35 to 45 years in prison.” Christensen had a simpler ex planation for jumping over a high fence: “Two Dobermans.” She said she and the women she hires keep themselves fit in the self-defense art of judo, but she doesn’t carry a gun because “you set yourself up when you have a gun.” Born in Santa Cruz, Calif., Christensen lived for seven years in Eugene, Ore., where she attended the University of Oregon before moving to Seat tle to complete her degree in cri minal law at the University of Washington. She started her Seattle Detec tive Bureau about three and one-half years ago after working two years as a criminal counselor and two years as a para-legal. Now she wants to go to Taw school, but not to quit work as a detective. “I started this (detective) busi ness from scratch,” she said. “I intend to keep this business and to be running it for years to come. “After I get my law degree, I’ll either be a practicing attorney, maintaining my detective busi ness, or a detective using my knowledge of law to expand in my work.” BOB BROWN UNIVERSAL TRAVEL [ Air Line Reservations (Free Ticket Delivery) (713) 846-8719 TOURS • CRUISES • TRAVEL COUNSELING HOTEL • MOTEL & RENT CAR RESERVATIONS CHARTER FLIGHTS “If You Have Tried The Rest — Why Not Try The BEST" BOB BROWN JO ANN MUZNY PAM HALL RAMADA INN LOBBY COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840 The Texas A&M International Programs Office is developing a resource list of qualified individuals in foreign language skills to address future language needs of Texas A&M University faculty and staff. This list will be used to coordinate individual faculty re quests for language training, translating, or interpreting with persons interested in offering such language ca pabilities. 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