Year in review Options

[amorton]

So I did not do terribly well this year as far as finding gold. I built the trommel this year and had a chance to test it a few times in the field made some changes to the trommel and got my prototype fairly well squared away. I just about doubled my small take each time I went out.

Trommel 1st / 2nd run: Clear Creek Jefferson County open space = 0.6 grain

Trommel 3rd run: Clear Creek Jefferson County open space = 0.6 grain

Trommel 4th run Clear Creek Jefferson County open space = 1.6 grain

Gold cube run on leftover concentrates from previous runs = 2.3 grain

Trommel 5th run Clear Creek behind Tymkovich Meats = 0.2 grain

Trommel 6th and final run for 2012 Clear Creek Jefferson County open space = 2.0 grain

Final clean up of concentrates = 1.4 grain

Total for 2012 = 8.1 grains

I think I would have done much better had I taken the trommel out to a more profitable area but the information I gained off of running and making modifications to the setup was well worth the time spent in the field. I am proud of my modest take and like I said before I am really looking forward to running the trommel out at good location and see what it is really capable of. I also had the opportunity to help Caveman build his equipment and got him into a sweet little Honda powered dredge.