Where is that gold?

Steve Houston of Oregon Prospecting Supplies, above, left, pans some gold flakes out of black sand at the store’s annual Demonstration Outing Saturday along Quartzville Creek, north of Green Peter Lake. Joyce Skoien of Port Townsend, Wash., right, and Steve Bringle of Lynnwood, Wash., pay close attention. The event drew some 60 people (and several dogs) from as far away as Houston, Texas, who were there to learn gold-prospecting techniques.