In the Cuarto de los Valles, Tineo's towncouncil, presided by the memory of the two greats adventures who were Eustaquio Fernández and Enrique Sanfiz, who would walk up and down Naraval, Yerbo and Bárcena del Monasterio's rivers, finding samples of gold that would satify most of the amateurs of gold panning, here is where Navelgas's river is situated.
Gold panning, which actually can be considered as a "new sport", is a tradition as old as human race. In Asturias, primitive towns, mainly celtic people, have panned our rivers sands' in search of the preciousmetal with the purpouse of making pieces of jewellry and to please goods and goddes.
