Sluice pack

Claim 1

A back pack which is convertible for use as a placer miner''s sluice box that is mounted on a frame which is fitted with means for fastening a pair of shoulder straps and including a section of wire screen, a gold dust mat, a screen and mat tray, and a sluice box and riffle tray, said frame being formed of two parallel members that are joined together in spaced relation to each other, with the frame members joined together along their length by back rest webbing for support when worn as a back pack, said frame members serving as the fastening means for the section of wire screen, the gold dust mat, the screen and mat tray and the sluice box and riffle tray fastened between the frame members, said sluice box and riffle tray being fitted with a first set of holes, for bolting in a retracted position to the device, said sluice box and riffle tray mounting adjacent to the wire screen, gold dust mat and the screen and mat tray in the retracted position; with said riffle tray fitted with a second set of holes for bolting in an extended position to the frame members of the device such that the sluice box and riffle tray is mounted in the extended position, to extend longitudinally beyond the frame members, said frame members being fitted with releasable means for joining of a pair of shoulder straps to the frame members, whereby the pack frame and sluice box function as a back pack in the retracted position, with the unit serving, in the extended position, as a placer mining sluice box and riffle tray.