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Silky View Member Profile	Mar 1 2016, 08:54 PM Post #86
Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 2-February 16 From: Houston Member No.: 122,503	QUOTE (swizz @ Feb 17 2016, 10:06 AM) Calling for 70mph gusts in the canyon tomorrow. Anyone headed there... hold onto your pans, buckets, and sluices! Friday and Sat still looking pretty good, I may do both days. I know the weather has to be unseasonably warm up there because we're having 80's in February! Generally, IF we have any cold weather at all, it's in January and February but not this year! I can't wait to get there and check out in person all the great locations you guys post. See you soon! Silky

swizz View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 08:22 AM Post #87
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	QUOTE (EMac @ Mar 1 2016, 08:15 AM) The winds have shifted....I might be able to get up there this weekend. :) It'll be in the 60s there this weekend, count me IN. So sick of this...... -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

NewRockHounder View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 03:52 PM Post #88
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890	When are ya's all going out again? C&G -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)

swizz View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 04:02 PM Post #89
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Sat and/or Sunday I think... looks like just Eric and me so far. You two gonna come and roll boulders with us? Weather looks just great! Anyone else wanna join us? You don't have to be a club member or anything, just come on up and have some fun! -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

NewRockHounder View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 04:08 PM Post #90
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890	Possibly, ya'll got some spare waders we can borrow fer the day? If not, hellooooo classifier my old friend. C&G -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)

swizz View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 04:17 PM Post #91
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	No spare waders but I got by for a day when I didn't have mine. Just dig closer to shore, the water is relatively low. I'm assuming you guys have a sluice and all you need for Gold gettin other than that, right? -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

NewRockHounder View Member Profile	Mar 2 2016, 04:30 PM Post #92
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 730 Joined: 6-July 14 From: Grant, CO Member No.: 117,890	You know what they say bout assuming? We're not gold miners but would come fer something to do... Let Glenda meet you n EMac and/er anyone else that comes. We'll just help yous. More dirt the better...no? C&G -------------------- - You Rock! (Literally)

EMac View Member Profile	Mar 3 2016, 12:38 PM Post #93
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949	I don't have spare waders either, but have been considering picking up another set for the kiddos. I may end up following Chris' lead and go with the sluice. Attwood is honoring their warranty which is nice, but it won't be here tomorrow. -------------------- Lifetime Member opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448

MikeS View Member Profile	Mar 3 2016, 03:00 PM Post #94
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 898 Joined: 9-January 14 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 116,265	Dave an I might meet up with ya'll on Saturday. I need to get back into gold mode. --------------------

CP View Member Profile	Mar 5 2016, 10:29 AM Post #95
Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3	Have a great time out there today everyone, hope the weather holds out nicely and ya'll find some more awesome color! -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator www.ColoradoProspector.com IF YOU USE IT, THE GROUND PRODUCED IT! MINERS MAKE "IT" HAPPEN!!

swizz View Member Profile	Mar 6 2016, 08:09 AM Post #96
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Fantastic weather, awesome folks, and nice Gold again! Couldn't have asked for a better day. I was planning on hitting it again today but Jeepy threw an emissions code on the way home so I'm going to fiddle with that instead. I'll post up a final cleanup from yesterday if I have time to Blue Bowl today. Eric, I wanna know how ya did at that upper peninsula. CC March 5 by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

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Mar 6 2016, 11:34 AM

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Had a great day on the creek yesterday with swizz, Dave and Emac and company. Dusted off the gold gear and gave it a test run. I need to patch up a few spots on my waiters and need to get new gloves but other than that I feel set to go for this gold season. I ran about 4 buckets of material from a new hole that had a good showing of color. I had a few folks ask about the gold wheel I was spinning around. I gave them a flyer/card for the club and chatted with them about claims and prospecting. My camera does not take good pics of gold in the pan but here is the few pics I took yesterday.

Dave

swizz feeding the sluice

Timber

Emac and family working upstream

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swizz View Member Profile	Mar 6 2016, 03:01 PM Post #98
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	Great pics Mike! I'm about to start Blue Bowling. This is what I plucked out that is larger than #30 mesh. I only ran a total of 7 buckets of 1/2" class so this is looking real good. Nothing quite "picker" size, but almost. Will update with total when I'm done. CC Gold +30 Mesh March 5 by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

swizz View Member Profile	Mar 6 2016, 06:14 PM Post #99
Moderator Group: Members Posts: 4,459 Joined: 25-August 09 From: way on up thar Member No.: 6,983	CC Gold March 5 by GhostCreekMine, on Flickr -------------------- /l ,[____], l---L-OlllllllO- ()_) ()_)--o-)_) BLACK SANDS MATTER! Very Happy CP Lifetime Member CP CORE TEAM *Referral Code CE213*

EMac View Member Profile	Mar 8 2016, 11:50 AM Post #100
Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949	Good showing for sure! My finds from the last 3 outings are mostly still sitting in the cons....I need a damn blue bowl apparently. I think I'll combine the cons from the road side of the creek from 2 outings, and process the cons from upstream separately to get see if there's a delta. Hopefully I find more since that's the simpler test condition; if I find less value, it could be the dirt or the switch to using a sluice. I'm confident I'm catching floating gold with the cube, but not so much with my sluice. I won't be able to get up there this weekend, so that gives time for my pump to show up. I still have my eye on the Angus Klondike dredge combo though...as well as a blue bowl. Has me thinking about Mike's LLC, and whether one could help defray the costs of my toys. -------------------- Lifetime Member opera non verba "All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." ~Niccolò Machiavelli Ref Code: EM448

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