Closeup to an open cut view of the Bonanza King Mine

Closeup to an open cut view of the Bonanza King Mine

Lots of times there are high bench gravels where a river channel was running before it cut its way deeper to its present course. Sometimes you will find where the

We’re always out there, looking, checking, researching and trying to locate a new prospect or deposit. It’s always a question as to where to start. One day we’re headed down

Finding a place to prospect is a difficult one. There are many potential issues involved, such as private property, mining claims, area withdrawn from prospecting, and in the wild river

For 40 years I’ve been chasing gold, ranging from gold panning, sluice boxes, dredging, then into underground mining and open pit as well. I’ve run mining projects, open pit and

One of the most difficult items in prospecting is to find a place to go! That’s going on the basis you don’t have a mining claim, don’t belong to a

Hello Everyone, Deb, Laura and I made the search for Damascus on Saturday September 23rd. What a trip we had. One of the attached Gaia files shows our total route.

Hello everyone, Just to keep you up-to-date Mike and I met at the Drivers Flat curve at 11:00AM on Tuesday. We make a long circle on our hike.  First we

It was just past Christmas this year, and here in the foothills of the northern Sierras we had two back-to-back snowstorms that literally buried us. It’s been a long time