An idea for next spring?

[arizau]

Just a thought.
I don't know where your fires are but if they are in gold districts you might check those burnt areas for new erosion, after your winter rains or runoff, since they may have created new gullies to explore or replenished existing ones for prospecting.

 

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[Hoser John]

It all depends on what type a winter we have. They're calling for a El Nino with massive rain which totally screws up everything. After fire everything moves as no vegetation to hold anything in 1 place,good and bad and does not have enough time to accumulate just a filthy mess is left. I have claims they burnt to stop a fire and after 8 years just now cleaning and concentrating,but with a thick carbon layer that is ungodly.-John

 

[2cmorau]

that one two punch El Nino prediction

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Ok, gonna go play with the siphon in the river, shiny pans all

 

[arizau]

It all depends on what type a winter we have. They're calling for a El Nino with massive rain which totally screws up everything. After fire everything moves as no vegetation to hold anything in 1 place,good and bad and does not have enough time to accumulate just a filthy mess is left. I have claims they burnt to stop a fire and after 8 years just now cleaning and concentrating,but with a thick carbon layer that is ungodly.-John

I hear you on the mess it will probably create. I was thinking more about steeper ground where new openings may be cut in hillsides or through benches. Good luck and I hope your area improves rather than gets messed up.

 

[diverrick]

I plan on going this fall before the rains, as the poison oak is all burned out of that area, so I can work areas that have not been touched for decades now. Befre the fire it was totally impassable.

 

[goldog]

I don't know how it is in the North but the Angeles Forest burn area was closed for many years after the big "Station Fire" in 2009. Five years later there are still areas closed for "recovery"