Think Warm!

[Aufisher]

For all you watching the snow fall. A nice warm summertime shot for you. This was my first pan with gold at the South Yuba Hwy 49

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Just checked my outdoor thermometer, and it's hovering
right on 3º. We haven't seen temp's this cold for a few
years.

Had to pick-up a load of drywall late one night in Cody, Wy.
Local radio said it was -30ºF, and that didn't include the
wind chill. Unfortunately, I had a step deck trailer and had
to pull the load outside the heated building to tarp it, and
spent the next 3 hrs. working 5 min. outside and then spending
another 10 min. in the cab fighting off the cold. It's amazing how
bad fingers can hurt when thawing out over and over again from
near frostbite.

This will pass in a couple days, and hopefully our typical lousy,
cloudy and wet weather will return.

Be careful out there Ya'll. When you get into the negative temps,
many materials (like some steel) can get very brittle, and snap like
a twig.

 

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[jeff of pa]

Just checked my outdoor thermometer, and it's hovering
right on 3º. We haven't seen temp's this cold for a few
years.

Had to pick-up a load of drywall late one night in Cody, Wy.
Local radio said it was -30ºF, and that didn't include the
wind chill. Unfortunately, I had a step deck trailer and had
to pull the load outside the heated building to tarp it, and
spent the next 3 hrs. working 5 min. outside and then spending
another 10 min. in the cab fighting off the cold. It's amazing how
bad fingers can hurt when thawing out over and over again from
near frostbite.

This will pass in a couple days, and hopefully our typical lousy,
cloudy and wet weather will return.

Be careful out there Ya'll. When you get into the negative temps,
many materials (like some steel) can get very brittle, and snap like
a twig.

took me 4 trips yesterday to Tarp the front of my Explorer yesterday.

it's 26f right now windchill 25 so they say

can't see out the window,
tried to scrape it but too thick





& outlook not very Pretty

 

[mxer47]

I kinda wish global warming was true. Maybe if we all empty our extra spray paint cans we can have an effect.

 

[Hangtowndiggins]

Be glad to share, the chili is chunky and the gold ain't so cold. -40 sounds painful indeed! 23 degrees In placerville at 8am kind of rare, but we got it good compared to your -40 mtau, hang in there!
63bkpkr don't forget your bells and Santa hat! I could see it now

 

[Dr. Goldfever]

Here's my strategy for cold weather mining. Grow beard, put on Carhartt jacket, then proceed to crevice above the waterline trying to stay dry lol. Sometimes you just gotta brute through it. Good thing about winter prospecting is that most of the underbrush is dead, so you can see more features of the land and it makes for easier walking .

 

[jeff of pa]

just started here

 

[KevinInColorado]

Here's my strategy for cold weather mining. Grow beard, put on Carhartt jacket, then proceed to crevice above the waterline trying to stay dry lol. Sometimes you just gotta brute through it. Good thing about winter prospecting is that most of the underbrush is dead, so you can see more features of the land and it makes for easier walking .

Good point about seeing land features in the winter. It a good time to do some real exploratory prospecting :-)

 

[63bkpkr]

Well Hangtown, as long as the bells and hat do not push the pack over 60lbs then I could oblige ya. And as far as "being winter one can see more cause all the weeds are dead" well where I go the weeds would be dead as the 3' or more of snow on top of them would have suffocated them but I can't see the ground any clearer. Maybe next year?.........................63bkpkr

 

[DizzyDigger]

"And as far as "being winter one can see more cause all the weeds are dead"
well where I go the weeds would be dead as the 3' or more of snow on top of them would have suffocated
them but I can't see the ground any clearer.

That slippery white trash is supposed to start falling here
beginning tomorrow morning...time to dig out the most
despicable type of implement ....the snow shovel..

 

[jeff of pa]

I can't see or hear it coming down,
But the plows are running about every 30 Minuites since I got up at midnight.
they are apparently plowing black ice

 

[mtau]

Thanks for the comments guys. I haven't been on here as much as I would like. This weather reminds me of back in the 60s, but even then, we didn't get our 40 below until the last week of December, course that was before global warming was invented. I'm actually glad for global warming, or it might of been 60 below this last week. Thought about inviting All Gore to spend a day with me, thawing out water lines.

 

[Aufisher]

How cold is it where you are?

 

[Sample Pan Dan]

Cold? It's 75 and sunny in San Diego! :-)

 

[Aufisher]

Sounds rough Drywallman! LOL

 

[Sample Pan Dan]

Just terrible...

 

[mxer47]

Temps just dropped 10 degrees in last hour to 44 i know that is nothing considering what is happening back east but just doing clean up isn't keeping me warm. On the bright side the ice buildup on the side of the river makes for some nice hiking to the digging hole. No twisted ankles. It reminds me of a sidewalk.

 

[jeff of pa]

Dropping fast here too. Down to 26.9f already 4:36 PM here

 

[G1sammons]

Dropping fast here too. Down to 26.9f already 4:36 PM here

Somehow that doesn't seem right I'm near Nashville tn and we have been 9 deg f ..

 

[jeff of pa]

Somehow that doesn't seem right I'm near Nashville tn and we have been 9 deg f ..

25f now a6 6:15PM they said 2f overnight tonight which is 4 degrees warmer then last week here so no
big deal if not for the Wind Chills if that's how things work out

I'm in Eastern PA, Western PA is already much colder

 

[goldhog]

Or take the snowmobile out in Alaska... LOL