Clear Creek Options

[EMac]

When I'm not turning my back on it, I frequently baste the cone. I read earlier about doing a teaspoon at a time (I think between you and Brandon), but I'm doing a little self-experimenting. I started off with the a teaspoon, but I can almost pan that fast, so I'm looking for increased efficiency. My thought process, when I'm not trying to do too much at once, is to blue bowl the entire classification level. Then at some point when I have a good bucket of processed cons, I re-run all those through my gold cube and re-bowl them to try and catch whatever was previously missed.

My approach (aside from the incident where I thought the flow was steady), is to keep the water lower than the indicated levels as long as I see lighter material rising on the cone. If there's any sort of build up or an area acting as a ramp, then I use the baster. As the material thins out, I slowly bring the water level higher. Seems to work well with larger classifications

I want to reclassify the blue bowl tailings, and pan to see how much I missed using this method. That could very well sway my opinion back to where y'all are at.

I'm not saying this is the right way....sometimes I like to make all the mistakes myself. The joy of learning new things Part of me wants to run a Design of Experiments to better understand the inputs and overall contribution, but that would be a fair amount of work. If others have interest, perhaps we could put something together. We'll need a stats person...I'm decent, but prefer to let an expert review the test setup and eventual ANOVA.

[CL6]

Swizz is right you have to babysit that bowl

[relicsncoins]

Happy Easter everyone. Did anyone hit clear creek yesterday? Just wondering what the level was like.

[swizz]

Happy Easter Bunny! I haven't been back. Starting a new work project tomorrow that will likely take all week. Maybe by next weekend I'll be able to take a day?

[relicsncoins]

Happy Easter Bunny! I haven't been back. Starting a new work project tomorrow that will likely take all week. Maybe by next weekend I'll be able to take a day?

Planning on next Saturday. Maybe I'll see you there.

[EMac]

This Saturday for me as well hopefully.

[CL6]

Saturday or Sunday I'm not sure yet

[swizz]

I hope that I can do one of those two days, amidst a good sized biz project right now.
Chris, I have your new Ames shovel... hopefully we can meet up and I'll trade ya for the chewy one. I already ordered a ReGrip for that one and will put it to use at the ol mine.

[CL6]

Sweet thanks I'll let you know what day

[CL6]

I'm going Sunday

[relicsncoins]

Still planning on Saturday. I wonder how much snow is in the canyon after these last couple of storms. On another note I was researching claims in that area to see how far toward the 119 junction you could go and still be legal. From what I found, there is 40 acre claim owned by a guy in AZ and a guy in NC, that is just past tunnel 3 and extends from clear creek up into the hills to the North. I called one of the owners on the phone, to get a more detailed location, to make sure I am not on their claim. He confirmed that he did have a claim there, but the guy was almost 90 years old, and was difficult to understand on the phone.

Here is a link to approximate location of this claim.

http://thediggings.com/mines/cmc200145

[swizz]

"thediggings" is an excellent tool for minor/basic research but not 100% accurate (no fault of the site, just not possible), especially pertaining to 'active status' or potential recently filed claims... because these things are very fluid. Estimated boundaries (which diggings took the liberty of displaying) aren't even close, at least how they were rendered on that site and displayed for my claims, WAAAAY off. I'm sure they have a disclaimer to that effect by now, I would hope so.
Kinda reminds me of the old BLM "geocommunicator" which attempted the same thing in a less user-friendly interface than diggins. Diggings is prettier and easier to navigate than geocom was, it also has some very useful links. Great 'starting point' for research but that's it, other resources must be used.

Here is what we all do as legitimate prospectors, what the law expects us to do, and they way it's been done since the 1800s:
The (only) way to acquire exact boundary information is to.... go to the County Clerk/Recorder.... or...... Lakewood BLM Headquarters Public Records room. This is easy. Your taxes pay for this public room, it's services, and it's employees, you own it, use it! Think of it as your library, a very very valuable library.

For the claim you linked:
Present either office with the CMC number and they will pull his claim files for you to review and copy. Requires a visit. They will not do this over the phone nor internet (some County offices provide this via internet but charge a nominal fee, a list of Colorado Counties and fees is posted in the CP Protected Forum for CP Club Members' quick reference). The County and BLM Public Rooms have public tables and chairs there so you can sit and have some time with the files, and decide which pages you want copies of. These claim files must (by law) include a map (typically hand-drawn) accompanied with an accurate written description (again, by law) of where each claim boundary marker was originally placed. Regardless of whether or not the physical markers are still there or in tact.... the claim and original boundary marker locations remain 100% legal as stated and mapped in the permanent Public Records filing for as long as the claim is legally maintained. So... hand the file back to the BLM or County employee stating which pages you want copies of (map, etc), then pay a couple of bucks for them to run a few copies. Say toodaloo, git goin, and keep the copies in your home files for reference.
I never bother contacting claim owners, the information is ALL a matter of public record and sitting there for us to review and copy, really no need to bug the 90 yr old man. I have been contacted by John Q. Public before regarding MY claim boundaries and I always direct them to Public Records for an accurate map of my boundaries. What... do they expect ME to fax them a copy or something?
Anyway... you should go and pull his records, copy them (at whichever Public office you prefer to use). I personally love the BLM HQ Public Room in Lakewood. Viewing the files is free and only a small fee for them to copy whatever you want, and they are friendly there!! This would be an excellent exercise for you in terms of land status research!
Master the land status research and the whole state is your oyster. You will always feel confident and comfortable where you are prospecting. It's not difficult, somewhat empowering, and actually... dare I say it.... fun!
I would totally go with you if I were down there. I have a few that I need to pull files for.

[relicsncoins]

I used more than just the diggings website, It's just what I linked to. I understand land status research, and understand the BLM office is the place to go for the most accurate information, but I've found this out when I was heavy into metal detecting, sometimes a simple phone call will save a lot of time. The claim owner did tell me where the claim was, I just couldn't hear/understand him all that well on the phone. At any rate, I am planning on going to the BLM office, but I'm waiting until I finish up with some research on other areas so I don't have to make multiple trips.

[swizz]

Good plan. I always make the trip worthwhile by having several at once.

[swizz]

I'm going Sunday

I'm shooting for Sunday!