My last outing, A Weekly posting |
My last outing, A Weekly posting |
May 1 2011, 04:55 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Looking for Amazonite and Crystals
It was suspossed to be a real cold & crappy day around here according to the weather station so I was all set-in for a boering weekend. . I got up and it was cold but clear. Then I listened to the weather report again and it said the snow should start falling around noon. I figured I had about 5 good hours of usable time so I headed up to the local spot in the hills. I wanted to work a spot that I had found the week before and know there is still some "items of interest" left in it. It was a little chilly but that hill will turn up the heat quick. I never made it to my intended spot. As usual, I don't take the same path up the hill twice. I kind of zig-zag up it to the height I want to be at then shoot straight accrossed. This time I stumbled into a different area that hadn't been worked and showed good amazonite. I figured to shoot my entire 5 hour wad at this new sight and call it a day from there. But the expected fowl weather did not set in as expected. So after working that area for awhile I set off in another direction. This time I went prospecting for crystals. By prospecting I mean, randomly digging a small hole here and there and see if something looks good. I trapsed up and down the hillside and found two more spots that had been worked for Amazonite but did not look promising for any good grade specimens. One hole I dug did produce some crystals. I brought back around 70 bits and pieces. All in all I was very satisified with my Saturday. I got to put in around 10 hours of hill time on what was suspossed to be a crappy day and found more areas that need worked. In the pic you can see the Amazonite clearly but the other crystals are, well kind of lumpy. I believe they are "Pseudo-morphed" or something. Not sure. Anybody got any guesses?? Later, Woody -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
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Aug 8 2011, 10:36 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Returned to the Chris’s Yooper Gold Claim this weekend.
Left out Friday evening and spent the weekend hanging out with Chris at his Gold Claim. I took my brother, “Steve”, along for the ride and he was able to get in some swinging time with his detector. We arrived around 630 that evening and before the sun had gone down, Steve had all ready found a nice piece of gold with his detector. Nice way to start the outing. The next morning I did a little exploring, as is my general nature, and got to know the place a little better. I decided to do some digging and testing about ¼ mile away from where we were camping. I figured we all ready knew there was gold in the immediate vicinity and wanted to see if it could be found in other places as well. Turns out it can be. I worked an area that was void of any running water but showed where a trickle does run during runoff or heavy rains. I quickly found some nice pieces of color and by the end of the day I had found the biggest “Flake” I have ever found. I have found heavier nuggets, but this was a true flake and it was between 3/8 and ½ inch. I did not find much else, maybe a total of 7 pieces showed up in the black mat of the sluice. I did a fast pan of the cons and did not see much. This place does not have a lot of fine, flower gold. It is either go big or go home it seems. The weekend was a terrific success. The only negative thing is the drive. I always seem to get caught up in that nasty traffic on I-70 coming out of Denver. It has a tendency to put a dark cloud on things. But I am sure in a couple of weeks I will be chomping at the bit to get up there once again. Thanks once again to Chris for allowing us to come hang with him. I am very envious of his little slice of heaven. He has got a good thing going there. If anybody is thinking of taking a trip up there I’m sure you will find it enjoyable as well as I have. Have a good one, Woody. -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
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