Vintage plans reprints for a gas-driven gold drywasher.

Strike it rich in half the time with this vibrating rig which lets you sift for gold far from streams, where "claim jumpers" are a rarity.

ATTENTION, you gold diggers! If you are one of the thousands of Americans who dream of finding fabulous riches by panning for gold, chances are you're more than mildly interested in the new family sport of finding the glittering crumbs overlooked by the '49ers.

The fun of panning for gold becomes twice as exciting (and profitable) when you can work regions which are not swarming with other "claim jumpers." In his search for gold, the old-time prospector stuck pretty much to streams and riverbeds and passed up desert placers because of a lack of water. The same holds true in the present day gold rush.

But with this build-it-yourself drywasher, the modern-day sourdough and his vacationing family are able to work offstream diggin's and old mine dumps with as little as a tub of water, since only the screened concentrate needs to be washed.

The drywasher is nothing more than a motorized sifter which jiggles vigorously to separate the gold from the sand and gravel you shovel into it. Chances are that you won't get rich from this fascinating hobby, but you might be lucky enough to recover $1700 as one amateur prospector did in a summer of digging for gold.