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post Jun 28 2016, 11:02 AM
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The Gold is impressive, that looks promising. happy088.gif


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post Jul 5 2016, 04:28 PM
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For the weekend Dave and I invited Club Members to come along with us to Chaffe County for more scouting and prospecting. We camped and prospected the creek for gold upstream from where we went last weekend. We prospected near camp at first. There was gold but the amounts were not as good as I had seen downstream prior. After a walk downstream I realized the original creek had been diverted and very old looking workings were evident. I walked downstream to where it appeared that the old creek bed and current one met back up. I started to see better gold there but after 2 days of working it, it still did not look as good as the spot Dave and I tried downstream. So on the 4th we went back to the lower spot and had a half day where the gold looked even better than before.

Here is where I worked for the first 2 days.

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Dave works his turbo pan.
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Crusty runs his sluice

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Emac wrestles his dredge/highbanker

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James, Cyndi and AJ work an old rock/dirt pile with a highbanker.

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I didn't catch a pic of Jason working his sluice but I caught him while relaxing at the temporary shelter and fire we made near the dig area.

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I will try to get pics of my total haul when I get the chance.


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post Jul 5 2016, 08:23 PM
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Carol is right Crusty, that is a great photo of you.
FB folks are right too, it could easily pass as an old photo.
Think I might submit this for the homepage pic. lol
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post Jul 6 2016, 06:13 AM
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It is a great pic; thanks for catching it!

Eric and I were talking and if I find the gold continues up and/or downstream, I'd like to get y'all's thoughts on jumping on your bandwagon and adding another claim on one side of you & Dave's. Haven't looked at the map to see where boundaries would fall and if there is enough room, but I do think it would be cool if we did secure 3 (or 4 if Emac does and there is room) claims along the creek. Would keep us in the gold for a long time and give club members a good chunk of ground to work. Something to discuss over the campfire this weekend :)


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post Jul 6 2016, 09:08 AM
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Absolutely! I'd feel like a bit of a mooch taking advantage of Mike and Dave's location skills, but I'd get over it. tongue.gif

Certainly let you guys pick your spots and we can fill in around you. Let's chat this weekend!

Thanks for catching pics of all of us out there!


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post Jul 18 2016, 07:54 PM
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Dave and I spent the weekend testing for gold in a few different creeks. My older brother Terry showed up with the kids to learn how to pan and sluice.

The first spot I tested showed some small flakes in the top layer but I didn't see any color in my test pans when I dug down. This spot has granite bedrock showing on the banks. There may be some old deposits sitting on the bedrock if I can hit it in the riverbed.
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Then I met up with Dave at spot#2. It was not showing any color in our test pans.

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Then my brother and his family met up with us for some gold panning/camping. Since the color didn't look good there we decided to go to where we have already been finding it. The kids had a fun time playing in the creek and camping with their uncles. I sent them home with a vial of the gold we found over the weekend.

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