▁below . ▁Pal mer ▁Creek ▁gold ▁is ▁co arse ▁and ▁heavy , ▁fl atten ed , ▁and ▁smooth . ▁In ▁color , ▁it ▁is ▁bright ▁yellow ▁or ▁wh it ish . ▁Pie ces ▁of ▁native ▁silver ▁have ▁been ▁noted . ▁ ▁History ▁Gold ▁was ▁found ▁on ▁Pal mer ▁Creek ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁by ▁George ▁Pal mer , ▁a ▁tr ader ▁in ▁the ▁K nik ▁Arm ▁area ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s . ▁These ▁discover ies ▁led ▁to ▁prospect ing ▁on ▁neighbor ing ▁streams , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁( 1 8 9 5 ) ▁the ▁first ▁st akes ▁were ▁driven ▁on ▁M ills ▁Creek ▁by ▁S . ▁J . ▁M ills , ▁whose ▁name ▁it ▁be ars , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁for ks ▁of ▁Six mile ▁Creek , ▁also ▁named ▁by ▁M ills . ▁The ▁gold ▁claims ▁on ▁this ▁stream ▁were ▁originally ▁held ▁by ▁single ▁individuals . ▁Two ▁hyd ra ul ic ▁plants ▁were ▁at ▁work ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁employ ing ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 ▁men . ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁lower ▁can y on ▁portion , ▁ 1 8 ▁claims , ▁was ▁controlled ▁by ▁one ▁company . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁prospect s ▁on ▁Pal mer ▁Creek ▁were ▁on ▁a ▁min eral ized ▁acid ic ▁di ke . ▁The ▁di ke ▁was ▁first ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁on ▁Co eur