Well Ken from Los Angeles decided to come out for a 3 day adventure at the claims. The tractor guy opened up his trench a little for him and moved a few big boulders so he decided it was time to see the damage. I got out late friday afternoon due to a doctor’s appointment. I going to post one picture of Ken’s trench and but not of his gold at his request. First thing Saturday morning, I cleaned up what was left from last Sunday when I beat myself up with the big Jack Hammer. Well this time I got smart and brought my Small Jack Hammer. I wanted to make a cut North to South across our hugh pit and see if I could locate anything that might carry gold. Our gold bearing material is very easy to see in the seams. Well I finished the cut this weekend. Made my first jack hammer run mid-morning Saturday and spent the rest of Saturday cleaning up. Got down a whole another 4 inches and got a few pieces of gold. I figured since I got things cleaned up and vacuumed I had time to make another run with the jack hammer. Broke up what looked like a lot of material, and called it quits for the day.
Ken and I enjoyed dinner and a beer and were in bed by 7pm. We were both tired. About 1am the wind started blowing and it got down right cold, I just zipped up in my cold weather bad and decided I wasn’t coming out til the sun was up.
Ken loaded up his gear and headed home, wanted to beat the traffic and I don’t blame him one bit. I stayed out and was going to run 6 buckets and see how it went. well I stayed most of the day and cleaned the cut completely and ran 24 buckets(2 gal.). Got a few more pieces of gold. As you look at the pictices you’ll see what I’m up against. Got another 4 inches Sunday for a total of 8 inches for the weekend. I didn’t get any pictures of the gold this time but it weighed a little over 1/2dwt. The pictures with the humps marked are very solid and my small jack hammer just couldn’t handle them.

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