Did flood leave golden opportunity?

People still are reeling from and trying to overcome the devastation of the Colorado floods. In some places there still is no electricity, and other places no drinkable water.

Once where there was farmland or a house, a river flows. Once where the river ran, new piles of debris and dirt sit; from who knows how far upstream they came.

But as the flood recedes and silt settles, so does the prospect of gold.

Steve Herschbach, a gold miner in Alaska, says, “It is never good that property and lives are lost in floods, but they can be a real rejuvenator of…