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>>56162133
simply put, the know how to do it was lost and only really started gaining public interest again in the early 2000s. There were always small groups of prospectors / old timers who were keeping the tradition alive but loads of info on different regions just dried up and vanished.
Just going and panning wont produce much, you have to actually find a worth while pay layer of gravel, or a good area of bedrock to work. Staking the ground and figuring out how to economically mechanical mine is the way to go, but will be nearly impossible in most places due to regulation.