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Hey all, I got a lot of positive feedback on my club posts so I decided to start a journal of our club’s adventures.
Our latest outing was at a claim we visited two months ago prior to the storms. Several of us who have been with the club for a while were in awe at the drastic difference the storms made. Areas that were 6” water depth were now 3-4’ deep to bedrock. Areas that were bedrock were now covered in gravel. I’ll give more details with the pictures.
The crew arriving and getting ready to get at it.
The material in the foreground was 3’ deep prior to the storm. That is where the creek used to flow.
Looking at this picture, at the top where the trees overhang, that used to be built up deposit from years ago. The creek blasted through it opening up that channel. Where you see the log at, several of us worked that area extensively two summers ago. There is a bedrock cap to the left of us in the picture. We followed the bedrock down into the hillside. We were 4’ down where that log sits. The new deposit of gravel almost covers the bedrock cap.
This is an area that has been hammered hard over the last few years. We’ve pulled a number of pickers out of here. The broken bedrock you see is bedrock we have moved around to get the good stuff. That used to be the end of a bench of material that had about a foot of material on top of it.
Same area. The creek used to be down to bedrock in this area.
Talk about crowded. From what I was told, none of them had much success. And these are our experienced members. Granted, some of them aren’t as agile as they used to be.
This was shown to me by the claim owner for inspiration.
I didn’t get picture of the area I worked. There was a log jam above where I worked 2 months ago. The log jam was blown out and my hole was filled in. Where I had my sluice set up was now 3’ deep. I sampled a crevice and worked that for a couple of hours. Sad part is, my sample was was the best I got. I decided to take a break and rethink my area.
I went back to the Bronco, grabbed a bucket and filled it with ice and waters and delivered them to the members. This was the first warm weather outing so I wanted to make sure the members were hydrated. Not to mention, I wanted to check on the newer members and provide assistance if needed.
When I returned to my area, I decided to start digging out my old hole. I wasn’t expecting to find much but I was pulling as much as the first time I dug here. I didn’t get back to the Bronco until 6. That’s the longest day I’ve worked in years. I haven’t processed out my concentrates, actually, I haven’t processed my concentrates for about three months.
Stay tuned as I have a weekend outing planned for the month of May. Should be lots of fun as we are testing some ideas for contests for our gold show in August.
If anyone wants to come, PM me and I will give you all the details.
Mike
Our latest outing was at a claim we visited two months ago prior to the storms. Several of us who have been with the club for a while were in awe at the drastic difference the storms made. Areas that were 6” water depth were now 3-4’ deep to bedrock. Areas that were bedrock were now covered in gravel. I’ll give more details with the pictures.
The crew arriving and getting ready to get at it.
The material in the foreground was 3’ deep prior to the storm. That is where the creek used to flow.
Looking at this picture, at the top where the trees overhang, that used to be built up deposit from years ago. The creek blasted through it opening up that channel. Where you see the log at, several of us worked that area extensively two summers ago. There is a bedrock cap to the left of us in the picture. We followed the bedrock down into the hillside. We were 4’ down where that log sits. The new deposit of gravel almost covers the bedrock cap.
This is an area that has been hammered hard over the last few years. We’ve pulled a number of pickers out of here. The broken bedrock you see is bedrock we have moved around to get the good stuff. That used to be the end of a bench of material that had about a foot of material on top of it.
Same area. The creek used to be down to bedrock in this area.
Talk about crowded. From what I was told, none of them had much success. And these are our experienced members. Granted, some of them aren’t as agile as they used to be.
This was shown to me by the claim owner for inspiration.
I didn’t get picture of the area I worked. There was a log jam above where I worked 2 months ago. The log jam was blown out and my hole was filled in. Where I had my sluice set up was now 3’ deep. I sampled a crevice and worked that for a couple of hours. Sad part is, my sample was was the best I got. I decided to take a break and rethink my area.
I went back to the Bronco, grabbed a bucket and filled it with ice and waters and delivered them to the members. This was the first warm weather outing so I wanted to make sure the members were hydrated. Not to mention, I wanted to check on the newer members and provide assistance if needed.
When I returned to my area, I decided to start digging out my old hole. I wasn’t expecting to find much but I was pulling as much as the first time I dug here. I didn’t get back to the Bronco until 6. That’s the longest day I’ve worked in years. I haven’t processed out my concentrates, actually, I haven’t processed my concentrates for about three months.
Stay tuned as I have a weekend outing planned for the month of May. Should be lots of fun as we are testing some ideas for contests for our gold show in August.
If anyone wants to come, PM me and I will give you all the details.
Mike
