M & M Mining the Northern Sierras

[mikep691]

Hi kids, some of you know me from other forums. You've seen my threads and the pictures, the silliness, the creativity of miners, and the gold. SO..... Would anybody like me start thread for our adventures here?

two weeks ago:

3 gram weekend

Last weekend (working solo):


1.4 grams, with a .35 nugget

 

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[Hefty1]

Welcome back!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Great to meet you...bringing pics like that is always welcome by me

 

[goldenIrishman]

Welcome to the asylum Mike. The more "Golden Loonies" here the better. Of course some of us here are well beyond the "Kid" stage but we still act like them. So we won't tell if you don't.

 

[Jeff95531]

This is THE place for gold adventures! Nice chunky gold! What state are you mining? Welcome!

 

[Duckwalk]

That is some nice looking yella! welcome aboard!

 

[mikep691]

Hefty can tell you back in the GPAA forum days (before getting banned) I started every thread that way. When I do videos, it's one and done. I'm too old and lazy to figure out how to edit. If you're interested, you can look up my YouTube channel for my videos (some are not prospecting). Find me at mikep6911

 

[mikep691]

This is THE place for gold adventures! Nice chunky gold! What state are you mining? Welcome!

I've got 60 acres in the Northeast Sierras, top end of the northern Mother Lode belt. Close enough to Quincy for an emergency beer run, but far enough that in three years, we've never seen USFS or CDFW.
I guess you should see this one of that gold with the mercury still on it. Just don't ask where the merc went.

 

[Smithsgold]

Nice !!!

 

[Aufisher]

Nice country nice gold!

 

[425jesse]

Welcome! Nice looking stuff!

 

[mytimetoshine]

Chunky stuff! Nice.

 

[mikep691]

A taste of Meat Creek....

 

[mikep691]

Last weekend at the Meat was to say, interesting and slow on the gold side. Working solo again, I still managed to move some rocks. Here's a look at the old girl when I started to dig, and the after will be posted shortly when it's done uploading.

https://youtu.be/e1xNQoV0GiY

In the past two weeks, a small "Bambi" stumbled into the work zone, and didn't survive. Needless to say, between the creek water not keeping up with the pump, and that horrible smell, mining ended early both days. I deal with nasty smells on a daily basis, no I don't pump toilets or septics, but some restaurants treat their kitchen oil containers the same way. This was a worse smell than even I could stomach.

One of those rocks mentioned in the first video turned out to be at least 6' long, so it will have to wait for Rockguy, a chain, and a come along before it gets muscled out of the way.

The after view:

https://youtu.be/YbXU0gcocWU

 

[Smithsgold]

Enjoyed the videos thanks for sharing !!

 

[The Gilded Lens]

I've got 60 acres in the Northeast Sierras, top end of the northern Mother Lode belt. Close enough to Quincy for an emergency beer run, but far enough that in three years, we've never seen USFS or CDFW.
I guess you should see this one of that gold with the mercury still on it. Just don't ask where the merc went.

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Ooh yay! Love to see other Sierra miners on the forum.

 

[mikep691]

While the water in Meat Creek is very low, and is the norm for this time of year, I moved quite a bit of gravel. I had to take several breaks and let the creek catch up with my new pump. Here's a series of pics
showing the work of the weekend:








And the money shot:

 

[mikep691]

Methodically moving every piece of gravel from the creek bed 20-30 feet downstream, while removing all the lead and mercury in the process. The gold is a bonus

 

[mytimetoshine]

That's some good chunky stuff!

 

[mikep691]

Here's a blast from the past. First season gold from Meat Creek:



Somebody once said I looked like a TV star. I dunno why. I'm much better lookin' and don't have duck crap on my hat: