It's that time again!

[Clay Diggins]

Wow, it's like a morgue in here. Since desertgolddigger and southfork took a break it's nothing but bots banging around in an empty room here. They mostly talk to themselves and mumble bits and pieces injected from the internet. And here it is the middle of gold getting season! Sure seems kind of a waste for what was a good group of people. Oh well, not my forum, not my rules.

Anyhoo

Annual mining claim filings and/or payments are due at the BLM before the end of August. This is a must do for anyone with a mining claim that wants to keep it. Being as this is mandatory government stuff it can be a bit confusing to jump through the hoops.

Every year Land Matters puts out a flow chart and explanation sheet in PDF form to help you meet your obligations on time. It's free of course and if you want feel free to share it with other miners and prospectors.

Go get U sum!

http://www.mylandmatters.org/Library/2023mcf.pdf

Heavy Pans

 

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[Bonaro]

If there is another depression that comes along there will be more people out looking for values. There is still values to be found as nature keeps cutting or loosing and redepositing the values.
There has been a lot of people looking at the surface deposits and this can make it harder to find some nice values as most have been dug upon or at least checked out. Yet one can still find it if you are resourceful.

I would have thought that gold prices near $2k would bring out the miners but instead we have very small scale guys scratching for fly specs. However, all of the easy gold being gone has a lot to do with that.

 

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[Assembler]

I would have thought that gold prices near $2k would bring out the miners but instead we have very small scale guys scratching for fly specs. However, all of the easy gold being gone has a lot to do with that.

The current price is also a reflection of inflation.
Harder values means more work and some don't like to work very much.
Many in the past flew past the fly specs and that is what some are now left to work with.

 

[Goldwasher]

I've been on here and others for many years. It always slows down in the summer because everyone is out mining. Another reason is the laws have become more restrictive and fewer are doing it.
One thing us old timers can do is not just sit back and wait for a question to be asked but instead ask questions or start conversations. Sounds easy when I type it...lol

there are more small scale prospectors right now than anytime in the last 40 years.
way more snipers..people detecting and out in areas that arent a pain to run gear. than ive ever seen.

this forum has just become a ghost town.

 

[Reed Lukens]

there are more small scale prospectors right now than anytime in the last 40 years.
way more snipers..people detecting and out in areas that arent a pain to run gear. than ive ever seen.

this forum has just become a ghost town.

Exactly, and with all of the new anti-mining laws, people just don't post about their trips out anymore. There are still great places to dredge in California and lots of gold is still being recovered there with dredges of all sizes.