tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282897342024-03-13T12:15:23.615-06:00Hooked on Gold Prospectors Bloginformation, links and facts about gold prospecting, metal detecting, and gold panningAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.comBlogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-20805286944329417652015-07-01T07:55:00.001-06:002015-07-01T07:55:45.085-06:00Fees Increase for the Fairplay Beach Gold Panning Area<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In case you have not heard, we had epic flooding and high water in Colorado this Spring. The water is down enough, now, to have people back around the rivers and creeks, although they are still very high for this time of year.<br />
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Highway 285 was closed for over a week as CDot watched a 100 year old bridge, fearing it might fail with all the traffic going over it. The South Fork of the Platte River flowed far out of its banks, around the supports, and just under the pavement.<br />
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With things settling down, we ran into Fairplay to pick up this year's panning permit for the Fairplay Beach, only to find the fees have changed, again. Not sure you can read the print in the picture, but they are now charging $5.00 for a week of prospecting and you must designate which week you will be using the area. The charge for April til October is $35.00. I would assume there is no panning/sluicing allowed from October til April, as there is no charge during that time frame.<br />
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Have a happy 4th of July, and as always,<br />
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Good Prospecting to you, <br />
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Cache Creek 6-26-2015<br />
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It has been a long dry spell for me and the blog. Too much to explain, so I will simply pick up today with information we saw yesterday.<br />
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We are afield for the summer and thought we would try our luck with the fishing poles at Four Bay near Twin Lakes, and then hop into Cache Creek to see what was going on there. Not many people in the parking lot and no camp host. We had a family ask if we knew the area and where to do some panning. Of, course, we told them there should be plenty of water in the diversion creek just beyond the parking lot, and sent them off with instructions that the creek came back around below the catch pond.<br />
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We had come in to explore a bit and were shocked to find the diversion creek completely dry as you can see in the photo above. With all the water flowing in streams, rivers and creeks in Colorado this year, there should have been an over abundance of water, here. You could see where it had been running way our of its' banks earlier. Still muddy, too, so it wasn't that long ago.<br />
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We suspect the people above had just come in and had completely dammed up the overflow from the diversion, so no water. Kinda ruins one of the best spots to dig a little, find a little and commune with nature. We did find a tiny amount of gold, but it was a mile walk. Lots of cars down at the cemetery....<br />
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No matter what we do, no matter how things are arranged, it seems we lose more of our public places to prospect for gold. Cache is our latest victim.<br />
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Good Prospecting to you,<br />
Shirley<br />
<a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/" target="_blank">www.hookedongold.com </a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">September came and went. Looks like October did too! It is two days until HALLOWEEN and 5 days until Daylight Savings time ends, and we are back to the sun leaving our western sky earlier than we want it too. sigh. Time does fly when you are having fun and then there is way too much work to be done. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gold prices are not fairing so well this quarter, but are ranging in the $1350 area....at least until the Feds meeting is over later this week. I am hearing more about a pull back, and then more about a surge forward. Sounds like we will see gold in the range of $700 to $2000 in the near future.....maybe both!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Closing down the claim at <a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank">Vista Mining Adventures </a>was a chore and then some. We had pontoons fill with water on the centrifuge which made it very difficult to get out of the water and up the hill. Ended up being a 9 hour haul + the drive to and from to get it all where it needed to be. VERY long day. Big thanks to 'Earl' who had dropped by to pan and ended up helping us to get everything out of the water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We found a lot of nice, fine gold this summer on those claims. It was a lot of fun, and work, and we met a lot of nice people, too. It has always been our favorite place to find gold in Colorado.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you aren't aware, the new season of the Prospectors on the Weather Channel started last Sunday 9/8c, 7mtn. I saw the Hoffman's are back on, too. You probably know more about that one than I do. Can't stand to watch the incompetence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">News in the mining world is dismal. Oregon has now banned motorized small mining in the whole state. California is sticking to their guns, too, saying that none of the prospetors were really out to do enough to make money, and so they are within their rights to restrict any 'recreational' use of federal (public) lands. In the mean time, they are issuing warnings about a rise in the mercury levels in fish in many areas that suction dredging was going on. Ironic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holidays are around the corner. I hope you are getting that wish list for Santa ready. If not, you might want to think about what you would like to get instead of waiting for Santa to put something aside for you that wasn't on your list. Sometimes he does his shopping REAL early. LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all of you! As Always,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.hookedongold.com</span></a><br />
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Moving the Dredging Equipment at Vista Mining Adventures<br />
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Labor Day weekend is upon us! I cannot believe the summer is nearly at an end, and I need to tell you about the water situation at Cache Creek. The diversion has been shut off and has been most of the summer. Everyone is having to use Cache Creek for water, so be aware of that if you are planning on spending any time in there.<br />
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We are blissfully mining the summer away at <a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank">Vista Mining Adventures</a> with old friends and mining buddies. A lot of the people we know have been in there this summer, and we hope more will join us next summer. There is still time for some fun on the river prospecting for gold in Colorado til the end of September, though. The river gold is small but plentiful, the company good, and the demeanor peaceful.<br />
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We have also found out that the area bulldozed near Win Mar cabins is owned by Dennis O'Neal, but no one seems to know much about what is going on in there. The big equipment is still behind the gate. The weekend crowd was already arriving yesterday at the camping area off the highway. I only know this little bit of information from friends who had stayed at the cabins this past week. <br />
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I see gold is still hovering in the $1400.00 area. but silver is in the $23.00 range, up from around $19. Percentage wise, silver is doing much better. <br />
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Aspen are starting to change colors in the high country. Nightime temperatures above 9,000 feet have been at or near freezing for more than a week. We have, also, had lots of rain, so come prepared. At least the days have been warm.<br />
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Have a great weekend, and get out there and find some gold! As always,<br />
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Good Prospecting to You,<br />
Shirley Weilnau<br />
<a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a><br />
hookedongold@gmail.com<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can see how much it was making the water hop around. We even had some small hail! Of course, we are still dredging at Phil Martinez's claims at <a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank">Vista Mining Adventures</a>. Really great to be back in the water with old friends! Give him a call and join us for a day or a week. Look them up on Facebook for more pictures and information about what we are doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a piece to write, soon, about the Neffco Centrifuge we are using on the river. Vista Mining Adventures is the local dealer for this amazing separator for concentrates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since we had a day off from the river, we mozied into Fairplay in the afternoon (between rain showers) to catch the end of Burro Days, AKA 'Get Yur Ass Up the Pass'. Stopped to pick out something from my favorite jewelry designer, Shelly Birch, Stone, and saw that GPOC was conspicuously absent from the center of the park.....apparently someone forgot to inform Burro Days organizers that they were NOT coming this year. Also had to buy the giant bag of kettle corn, and stopped and talked with folks we know. Also had to get a box of chocolates from the Chocolate Bordello. They make chocolates named and fashioned after some of the famous ladies of the evening from Colorado's past. Always fun to attend this event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a link to an interesting article that also follows the same thoughts I have about finding or buying a claim. </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I see today that gold had a bit of an uptick last week, and that mining stocks are up a bit as well. Good news for all those companies and good news for gold in general. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That about does it for now. We will try to grill dinner before it rains again. LOL! As Always</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/" target="_blank">www.hookedongold.com </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mid July and run off is slowing down, so we can put our 2 1/2 inch highbanker/dredge combo in the water to find some gold in Colorado. Above, you see the firsts for one day....not bad. It is good to be back in the water! If you are looking for a place to dredge, sluice, pan or use your highbanker in the water, check out Vista Mining Adventures website and give Phil Sr. a call. He is in the water almost daily, so leave a message and he will get back to you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I came across an article on <a href="http://www.goldrushnuggets.com/beandhonu.html" target="_blank">the largest gold specimen ever found</a>. It was interesting to read about it again, so I am giving you the link to read it for yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold has been staying down this summer, so far. China is still a big buyer, but India has slowed way down due to the new tax that was imposed on imported gold in May. However, the monsoon is going nicely, and farmers may have more money to spend on gold this Fall, so, between these factors and others, gold may get a bump at the end of the year...or not....as these predictions can only be guessed at with what is known. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have been running the wheels off the truck this year, between Salida and our gem hunting friends, and BV and our gold hunting friends. The summer is racing by, but we will finally begin pulling out this year's gold finds. We have dredging planned as well as some time at Cache Creek and some exploration east of camp. Spending the summers in the Colorado High Country has been a blast the last few years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is Larry putting a small hole in the river.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here I am taking a turn at the nozzle in the shallow water. I fell in the river when I sat on an undercut rock that rolled. (It is directly behind my left leg in this picture) Naturally, I stuck the nozzle into that hole and sucked out all the gold that was under that rock! LOL! I guess I will have to start wearing my neoprenes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope all of you are having fun finding gold this summer. As Always.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">www.hookedongold.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have been in camp for three days, now, while Larry is in Cripple Creek at the Colorado State Gold Panning Championships. It has been a nice time for some much needed rest and decompression. The only thing slightly in the way and of annoyance is the fact that the water main broke two days ago and I have been without water since then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, ordinarily, one would hop in the vehicle and go to the nearest town to pick up 5 gallons, but, remember, Larry is in Cripple Creek for the weekend.... with the truck. That means whatever water I have here is all I have. As luck would have it, I was planning on catching up with dishes just before the main blew and had filled bowls and pans with water for a soak before I heated up the water to get them washed. Hence, I was fortunate to have had about three gallons of grey water for toilet uses, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On top of that, a friend stopped by and left me a gallon of fresh water for coffee this morning, and as it is looking, possibly tomorrow as well. Under other circumstances, I would be hiking to the stream or the lake to get more grey water tomorrow, but Larry and the truck will be back some time this evening. Always fun at my house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I started this post yesterday before the water issue came up, about what is happening at Cache Creek this summer. We were in there earlier this last week and I got some pictures of the road and the water flow, along with the big hole that the BLM filled up. Almost all the trees are now marked with orange and you are supposed to stay 10 feet away from them. As you would expect, everyone is complying....NOT. I have pictures to prove it, too. They were also told, but did not even stop digging to reply much of anything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is what the road in looks like now with the by-passed bog. They left the road going down in there so you can still use the camping spots, but the other side has been bulldozed shut and marked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stream flow right now is reasonably good, but the new owner above is threatening to shut off the diversion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is one side of the big hole, and the rest of it looks the same. I had to stand too far away to get the whole thing in, and then you could not tell what it was. The BLM was not pleased with the type of work done in there this winter/early spring. Several 6 foot tunnels had been excavated, that they did away with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are three more shots of the big hole area. The guy in the first shot with the yellow buckets is undermining the trees, while the other man had just talked to him about staying away from them. It's depressing how little some people care about whether this area stays open or not. We stayed for a bit and did some panning. Brought out a nice little string for a couple of hours work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have had some rain in the last few days, which is good for the fires still burning in Colorado and for the forests in general. The West Fork complex in southwestern Colorado is expected to burn for another couple of months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold is up a bit right now at $1235.50, and silver as well at $19.67. Everyone is pretty much bearish on gold for now, which means we are near a bottom for it. I expect a rally by October. The announcement by the Feds last week did exactly what they wanted it to do....make everyone take a deep breath and hold it for a while. LOL! Check out <a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/">www.vistaminingadventures.com</a> and talk with Phil Sr. if you are looking for a place to play in the water on the Arkansas River between BV and Leadville, learning how to pan for gold or do a little dredging, so you can find some of that Colorado Gold.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As always......</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mid June, and the Arkansas is Running Bedrock to Bedrock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WOW did it take a lot of time and energy to finish the front yard at the main house! Once started, of course, you can't just run off and leave it. Naturally, we had lots of things come up that were unexpected and had to be fixed, but now it will take care of itself til we go back in the Fall and my Mom will not have to worry with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, gold, huh? It's still a little depressed with a close on Friday of a little over $1391, but silver is still around $22.00. A long way from $40! They will both probably jump around this region most of the summer. There may not be a lot out there to bump it up till Fall. Then again, there is the unforeseen that can always put all bets off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since getting into our summer digs we have been on the run trying to catch up. We spent a couple of days with Brian and Yolanda Busse discussing plans for this year's jewelry and what will be happening up at the Thank You Lord Mine on Mt. Antero. We should get to help with some rock mitigation and exploration there this summer. (Yes, THOSE Brian and Yolanda Busse. We have known them for many years.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We also visited with friends in BV while grabbing ice cream for the old man and lettuce and broccoli for me. Thursday and Friday we were on the Arkansas River with Phil Martinez, a very long time friend, at his river claims, also known as Vista Mining Adventures. His dredge and cleanup Neffco bowl set up is sweet, and he has been prospecting for gold in Colorado most of his life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are interested in the bowl, he is the sole distributor/dealer. It will handle around 25 tons a day. Contact him at<a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank"> www.vistaminingadventures.com</a>, also, if you are interested in learning, panning, sluicing, dredging, but NO HIGHBANKING! The River is bank to bank right now, so he will not take new people or children until the shore paths are safer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In between we visited Leadville to see what was going on and took a day to settle into the summer trailer. Took the ATV out for a short spin and it is in major trouble which means expensive to fix. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The word on Cache Creek is that the bog has been by-passed and they bulldozed all the material, filling in all holes and overturning much of the area. Apparently, the BLM was NOT happy with the group/groups who tunneled into the banks this winter. Besides that, the new owner of the private property the diversion comes off of is threatening to close it off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last, I am receiving many requests for a form that was discontinued three years ago. PLEASE, PLEASE, let me know where you find this. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where it is. Send me the url in an email so I can eliminate it. I get no information to send it to, so I have no idea who is sending it to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's it for this week. Be safe out there, and have a wonderfully eventful season. As Always...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, It's that time of year again! The gate to the Cache Creek parking lot should be open! Summer is finally here.</span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy Memorial Day to you! We are remembering all those who are serving, have served, and have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms, along with their families. Thank you for your service!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May has gone by lickity split! We had so much snow in April and on into early May, that no yard work could be done before then. Perennials sat parked inside waiting for weather to clear enough to be planted, and then waited on the patio to harden off a bit. Now, we are frantically trying to get everything ready at home to begin our summer gold and gemstone hunting season here in Colorado.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">River and stream waters are rising quickly, we noticed, as we made a run to camp to bring in the batteries, get filters changed, and basic set up accomplished before we are ready to make the jump to mountain fun sometime next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On our way back to Denver this evening, we will stop in Bailey to attend the finale party at the Rustic Station for Ice Cold Gold, on Animal Planet. It sounds like the Weather Channel will begin filming another series of shows for the Prospectors series, soon. We are hoping Animal Planet or their parent Discovery Channel wants to film another round for the Ice Cold Gold series, too, this summer. It has been wonderful to support these two groups, and a lot of fun to join in their celebrations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold closed last Friday at $1387.20, and the NY market is closed today for Memorial Day, however, the London market was up this afternoon at about $1394. Reports are that the 'smart money' is turning bullish on gold, so I think we might be looking at a rise in the price just as our gold season begins, which is good news for this year's gold prospectors who will be looking to sell their gold later in the summer. Everyone is waiting for gold stocks to find a bottom, but they usually trade far behind gold prices. Prices need to rise before more production can commence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We will be visiting with friends next week as well as Vista Mining Adventures to see the new dredge addition Phil Martinez sr. has going. It includes a new bowl separation system and some secret additions we aren't allowed to know about.....yet. We will probably make a visit to Cache Creek for some fun with the monster sluice box, too. Can't wait to begin! It looks to be a very nice summer for us. Now that buying a home, moving, selling the old home and fixing the new one's yard are over, we can concentrate on what is most important...AND share that with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As Always...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/" target="_blank">www.hookedongold.com </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why, you ask? Mainly because the links were hard to see and I have been thinking I should change templates so they are easier to see and follow. I have also added Google+ to this page and have optimized it for mobile. I am dealing with putting a mobile ap on the main website, too. Hopefully, I will get through that today for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope you like the changes. Please leave a comment for me on the change and any issues you might have with the ap. If this template is too 60's for you, I can always change to something else, but the mobile looked nice. If you find it too hard to read or the color is too bold, let me know. I will change it to whatever is easiest to read. I would much rather you be pleased with reading the blog than that it be a color I like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the meantime, as always....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WOW! Are we getting excited about the swings in gold? LOL! $1422 at the close today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Both of the new series about prospecting for gold and gemstones have had good reviews and comments, btw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is snowing here again, but it looks like we will be turning the corner towards spring by this weekend. That means gold prospecting season in Colorado is just around the corner and lower elevations will be more accessible. Hope you are ready. I know we are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hookedongold@gmail.com</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=72153&u=307499&m=11556&urllink=&afftrack=">Mining Equipment</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-84251461764547674792013-04-17T13:31:00.000-06:002013-04-17T13:31:56.611-06:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> April 16th. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am beginning to wonder if winter is ever going to turn into spring. I fear, this year, we may go from winter directly to summer. It is snowing, again, as I write, and we are looking at another 5 to 6 inches of accumulation before this finally heads east and leaves Colorado. Another round is looking to hit us on Saturday. I DO hope the weather is clear for Sunday!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold took a BIG turn downward earlier this week, hitting a low around $1352. I has managed to rally the last two days, even touching $1395 today before retreating to $1375, now, and sliding. I could go into a long dissertation on the why's, but I will restrain myself to simply say there are many pressures to keep it down for now. Like I said earlier, I would be content to see it end where it was a few days ago. I DO hope it makes it back into the stratosphere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have several announcements to make that are way over due. The first is to announce the premiere of Animal's Planet's new series 'Ice Cold Gold' which has its' first airing on Sunday April 21st at 8 pm MST. We are attending the pre party here in Denver, as we have two Colorado boys we know who are part of this team. Chad Watkins, of 'Tin Pan Prospecting', and John Self, of 'Self Aware Minerals'. This series follows a team of prospectors who go looking for gold in Greenland.....and FIND it. I have a couple of links to short videos about the series you can watch. </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The second is that you need to be watching the Weather Channel's "Prospectors" series on Tuesday nights a 7 pm MST. They filmed several local gem prospectors who mine on Mt. Antero and in the Lake George area and the adverse weather conditions in our mountains. This has, also, been an interesting series. They run the back episodes before and after the new episode, so check in at 6:30 if you have missed them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Last, the Denver Spring Gem Mineral and Fossil show is this weekend, April 19th through the 21st. This is always a very nice show with lots of vendors and excellent items to purchase. I have already started to compile a list of shows for this summer and will post them another time. Here is a link to information on what is going on this weekend. </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.mzexpos.com/colorado_spring.html">http://www.mzexpos.com/colorado_spring.html</a></span></b> The Dorris family from the Weather Channel's 'Prospectors' series will also be there. I am sure Steve Brancato and the Busse family will be around, as well. Amanda is in New Jersey at a gem show there. The Dorris' are well know for their Amazonite crystals and will have their usual room set up. Drop by and say 'Hi'.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Well, I don't know about you, but I am ready to get out and do some prospecting for gold here in Colorado! We have many projects taking shape for the summer and are in high hopes of uncovering some nice finds, both gold and gemstones. If you are in Nathrup visiting Cindy, stop in at the old ice cream parlor. The Busses' will be setting up a new shop with all kinds of mountain gems, artifacts, specialty jewelry, and items from local artisans. They will, also be setting up an area south of Salida that will offer bags and buckets of gemstone dirt, similar to what the Topaz miner did before the fire. I will get info to you as soon as I know when. I already know where. Looks to be a great year for us. Hope yours is looking as good. As Always....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">www.hookedongold@mail.com</span><br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=72153&u=307499&m=11556&urllink=&afftrack=">Mining Equipment</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-80474521451068241232013-04-02T13:11:00.000-06:002013-04-02T13:11:39.124-06:00<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How has your winter been? Ours has been crazy busy....AND stressful. We sold our home after a 6 month wait, and the things we had to do to get that done were insane, to say the least. As with buying the present house, we were not sure the sale would go through until the papers were all signed. I know. I have heard the stories about 10 or so offers on the first day, but our home was a townhouse, and everything is different with them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fortunately, not much that was really important happened since my last post. Just gun laws being passed in Colorado, the premiere of the 'Prospectors' series on the Weather Channel, and few odds and ends. Nothing I can't catch you up on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First, for those of you who have not heard, The Weather Channel premiered their 'Prospectors' series last Tuesday at 7 MST. They showed the first two episodes and there were rave reviews about it. Larry and I were invited by Brian and Yolanda Busse to a showing at the Steamplant in Salida, and the place was packed! We didn't see the first showing as we volunteered to sit with the crystals and specimens they had out for show while they hosted the event. A real privilege.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This series is not about gold, but about the crystal diggers of Mt. Antero and the Lake George region. For those of you who are not familiar with Colorado minerals and crystal areas, these people mine Aquamarine, Smoky Quartz, Florite, Phenakite, Amazonite, Topaz, and others. The areas can be very high and very dangerous with extreme weather and other adverse conditions. Take a look at it tonight. You can watch a short video about it <a href="http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/prospectors/main" target="_blank">on their website HERE</a>. Those of you on Facebook can find it on the Prospectors page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another series on prospecting that is coming up will be on Animal Planet. A team of prospectors look for gold in Greenland...and find it! We have two Coloradans who are on that team, Chad Watkins and John Self. The premiere of Ice Cold Gold will be April 21st at 8 MST. That's 10/9 for those of you east of Colorado. You can see a short video of it<a href="http://animal.discovery.com/search.htm?terms=Ice+Cold+Gold" target="_blank"> on their website HERE</a>. You can also read an article about the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Spring, Denver Mineral and Fossil show will be April 19-21st, this year, so you might want to put that on your calendar if you will be in the area. The Fall, Denver Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show will be September 13-15th. That's the BIG one for this area, so plan on attending that one, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold keeps bouncing around in the $1570 to $1600 range. I am not looking for it to change much right now. I will wait to see how it looks in June...or maybe October. If it stays where it is for now, I'm OK with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spring is here! Make sure your gold prospecting equipment is in running order. You're gonna want to use it soon and it isn't any fun to get out there and find out you forgot your hoses needed replacing, or you used the hand spade for gardening. Get a spare to put in your pack. They're cheap!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have no new word on Cache Creek for this year. As far as I know, regs are the same as last year. We did notice a new Forest Service building being built in Salida. BIG building. Cost a BUNCH of money. And, yes, I said Forest Service, not BLM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's all for now. I hope your Spring is a good one. If you have questions, mail me. As always....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Naw, we aren't in the Weather Channel show, but this is a picture of Larry and friends Jan and Tim hunting for gemstones on Mt Antero in 2011. I'm behind the camera, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold closed Friday at $1667.20, silver at $31.43, and the
DOW was over 14000 this past week, although it didn’t hang around there for
long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of speculation out there
about what gold will do in the short term as it is having trouble holding its’
200 day average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not a particularly good
thing for right now, but it certainly doesn’t mean we are looking at a crash,
but possibly a good pull back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Platinum
has been closing above gold for some time, now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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appointment of the next Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, president and
CEO of REI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not heard why our own
Ken Salazar decided not to continue in that role for the next four years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mark your calendars for March 26<sup>th</sup> and the
premiere of the Weather Channels’ series “Prospectors”, featuring many Colorado
gem miners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While they aren’t after
gold, these people are definitely successful at what they do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know several, am acquainted with others,
and they mine the mountains of Colorado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You can see the trailer at <span class="usercontent"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=422192217855655" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=422192217855655</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are almost at the end of our kitchen remake, and it is
turning out to be really nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far,
the project has not had too many set backs or problems that were a
disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure most of you can
relate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glad to have it finished this
winter and not hanging over our heads as the weather turns to spring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is so much to report on that has to do with legislative
and court issues that are of concern to prospectors large and small, I am going
to link you out to International California Mining Journal to read about all of
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t have a subscription to
this magazine, whether online or snail mail, you should consider getting
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.icmj.com/">www.icmj.com</a>
Besides keeping you up on many of the issues you need to know about, they write
excellent articles on metal detecting and prospecting in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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your research for that place you are wanting to find while the weather has you
inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, as always……</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Did you know that Denver has a mining club that was founded
in 1891? I knew the Denver Mining Club (AKA Colorado Chapter of the
International Order of Ragged Assed Miners) had been around a while, but I had
no idea they had been here so long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their website, <a href="http://www.denverminingclub.org/">www.denverminingclub.org</a>
, is a wealth of information about its’ meetings, (they meet every Monday) founding fathers and their activities. Everyone
was very friendly and did their best to make all of us feel at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the beginning of their meeting, they had all new comers
stand, introduce themselves, and tell their interest in or connection to
mining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are no right or wrong
answers, so all newcomers are voted into the Denver Mining Club or CCIORAM, and
presented with a certificate that they are sworn to place in a prominent place
in their home or place of business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Larry and I were there attending a discussion about find
gold recovery given by Phil Martinez,<a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank"> www.vistaminingadventures.com</a>
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wife Elsie and their oldest son Phillip Jr., to help with the computer stuff
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Phil talked a great deal about the large placer operation he
worked for that is located at the base of Mt. Elbert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t plug them here, so you will have to
look up their name if you want to know about them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Martinez, they were running up
to 1,000 yards a day and their biggest problem was the sticky clay that ran
with all of this material.</span></div>
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break up the clay, and to then, run all of that material into a bowl
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As in all fine gold recovery,
the name of the game is breaking down your material into a useable state where
all material is of similar size, and then to run water and sluice boxes at a water
speed and sluice box angle that is best suited to your circumstances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clay is particularly bothersome to everyone, and recovering
the gold trapped in it is never easy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emulsification
of the material is of great importance, but only if the values that can be
found in the clay would make breaking it up worth the time and effort needed to
do so. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Testing is the only way to decide
if your time is better spent running material that you can separate the gold
from more easily, or to go after what is in the clay.</span></div>
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to be adjusted from what Martinez called ‘ski slopes’ to a proper angle to keep
from running the gold into the tailings ponds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After this adjustment was made, the sluices were able to handle the
volume of water running down them and capture the finer gold much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recovery of the fine gold went way up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As with all operations, testing should be constant, whether
you are a large operation or a weekend placer warrior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, watch your water speed and the angle of
your sluice box for maximum fine gold recovery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Flatter box, more water; steeper box, less water. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those are the basics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Depth of water and size of material also play
important parts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep tweeking until
your sluice box is recovering 90% of what is in your material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you know when that is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do what we did when this large placer first
asked all of us for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Test your
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, how do you break up clay in a small operation? Mix it in a bucket with a small shovel or use a dry wall mixer and a drill in a bucket. I've done both. The drill is definitely easier, but if you don't have one or you are not allowed to use anything motorized, a shovel will work. It can work you to death, too. LOL! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold finished out this week at $1667.60, and we saw DOW
14,009.79, the first time it closed over 14,000 since October 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hope you are busy getting your equipment
ready for this summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will be
staying home this year and not attending the Tucson Show in Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have this house we bought that needs its’
kitchen fixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For those of you who do not follow me on FB, I share a sunrise picture on all days there is one worth photographing. This one was from January<span style="font-size: small;">15th. We have had a nice high pressure ridge dominating our weather for the past few days, so there have been few clouds at dawn to catch color.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">January. <span style="font-size: small;">My month for resting and catching up<span style="font-size: small;">. This past year has been one that has left me with little time to react to the next thing to come along, much less keep up<span style="font-size: small;"> with gold news. I have 6 months of ICMJ's to read, <span style="font-size: small;">as well as countless articles from numerous sources<span style="font-size: small;">. We even bought a different house in September<span style="font-size: small;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Those of you who ask questions get first priority, even though I get behind sometimes. It is often your questions that give me an idea for information that can <span style="font-size: small;">be added to the website for everyone to read.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;">A recent question made me think of a part of filing a claim that rarely gets covere<span style="font-size: small;">d a<span style="font-size: small;">nd<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>so, gives me a nice blog posting for you and food for another website entry.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I often get questions about BLM regs on the Arkansas, which can be very confusing. However, I recently got a question about the worth of <span style="font-size: small;">having a claim on the Arkansas, which lead me to an <span style="font-size: small;">explanation</span> of <span style="font-size: small;">the other aspects of a claim that I would look for<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span>after you have done all the rest of your normal research.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">First<span style="font-size: small;">, as in all real estate, is location, location, location. For a placer gold mining claim, I would look at how close it is to the gold source(s) in its<span style="font-size: small;">'</span> area.</span> How far i<span style="font-size: small;">t is <span style="font-size: small;">will determine the size of the gold you will be looking for, abunda<span style="font-size: small;">nce of gold</span>, as well as the type of equipment you can successfully use<span style="font-size: small;"> to recover the gold.</span> You <span style="font-size: small;">might want to be able to <span style="font-size: small;">find enough gold to make your expenses on the costs of the claim, too,<span style="font-size: small;"> but that isn't always a priority<span style="font-size: small;">, especiall<span style="font-size: small;">y if you are buying a<span style="font-size: small;"> claim that is patented. (<span style="font-size: small;">Patented</span> claims are private property, would cost a lo<span style="font-size: small;">t more, and can be a bui<span style="font-size: small;">l</span>ding site<span style="font-size: small;">.</span>)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Next, I would look at <span style="font-size: small;">accessibility</span>. How far do you have to drag your equipment to use it, <span style="font-size: small;">how steep are the banks, </span>and how often do you have to do that. There can also be issues <span style="font-size: small;">with crossing private property to access your claim, and the owners of the pri<span style="font-size: small;">vate <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">property</span> may give you trouble with that. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another consideration is stream flow. Now, you may not think this is important, but if you are planning on prospecting your claim during high water, you might have some trouble with currents and the swiftness of the water, especially if your claim is on a narrow part of <span style="font-size: small;">a</span> river with a steeper slope. You are going to want to be able to prospect effectively when you can be there<span style="font-size: small;">. </span>Just like a sluice box, the angle and speed of a river will make it easier or harder to ca<span style="font-size: small;">pture your gold. Oh, hey! Isn't that sluice box patterned after a running stream? Funny THAT! LOL!</span> Same rules apply.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As many of you are aware, there are a lot of placer gold mining claims out there for sale. <span style="font-size: small;">If you are considering buying a claim, be aware that there are still people out there that are not above salting a gold mining claim to get you to buy it. ALWAYS, ALWAYS test the area yourself when the claim owner is not around, with their permission, of course. Also be aware that some gold mining claims are sold to you with an 'interest' in the claim and can <span style="font-size: small;">be held by as many others with 'interests' as the claim owner wants to include. They simply wait until you are tired of sharing or putting up with other problems, quit your 'interest' and resell it to <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>ome one else<span style="font-size: small;">. If you are OK with this, there is nothing wrong with this type of arrangement, just be aware of what you are getting into. <span style="font-size: small;">(</span>PLEASE do not talk to people, visit a site covered with 2 feet of snow, declare it a wonderful claim and put half a million dollars into <span style="font-size: small;">it to re<span style="font-size: small;">cov</span>er <span style="font-size: small;">14</span> ounces of gold. PLEASE tell me you are smarter than that.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">L<span style="font-size: small;">ast is the amount of gold you can expect <span style="font-size: small;">to recover. If you are a recreationalist, this means finding enough gold to keep you interested, pay for your gas and may<span style="font-size: small;">be lunch, but don't expect to make a fortune even if you are out there every day. If your area i<span style="font-size: small;">s </span>really, really good, it is probably NOT for sale, already claimed up <span style="font-size: small;">or private property that you will not get access to.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> People always ask if you can 'ma<span style="font-size: small;">ke a living', and to be sure<span style="font-size: small;">, there are people who do. However, the other question they do not ask is how GOOD a living you can make. The answer for most people would be 'don't quit your day job' or '<span style="font-size: small;">D</span>o you fis<span style="font-size: small;">h? How good a living can you make <span style="font-size: small;">doing that?' </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">OK. I think that is it. If I think of anything to add, I will do it later. The sun is coming up and I have to go make breakfast<span style="font-size: small;">. No pretty sunrise today, either. No cl<span style="font-size: small;">ouds, but it is 3<span style="font-size: small;">2</span> degrees outside. Remember, it is January 19, and I li<span style="font-size: small;">ve in the Denver area of Colorado. <span style="font-size: small;">Typical January thaw week......February is coming and we could soon be well below zero. Keep those questions coming so I can continue to add to my website<span style="font-size: small;"> with information people want to know.</span> As always,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shirley Weilnau</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=72153&u=307499&m=11556&urllink=&afftrack=">Mining Equipment</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-54997730936978867382013-01-18T18:34:00.002-07:002013-01-18T18:40:30.795-07:00MASSIVE Australian Gold Nugget Found<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold closed today for the weekend at $1684.70, however many are looking for it to surge ahead between $1700 and $1720 this next week. Is there enough support to sustain it, though. That is the question some are not sure about. </span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I received a schedule of some of the <span style="font-size: small;">gold events going on in the Denver area in the next couple of week<span style="font-size: small;">s. There might be one you can attend.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mon.-Fri.,
Feb. 18-22, Annual Book Sale</span></b>, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. daily, at two locations on the Colorado
School of Mines Campus, Golden CO:</span><br />
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(1) <b>Arthur Lakes Library</b>, 1400 Illinois St., Golden<br />
Day 1 prices are $10 for hardcovers, $5 for softcovers, and $2 for maps; prices
for remaining inventory are reduced each day. An onsite sealed-bid Silent
Auction for more valuable items will be held on Monday, Feb. 18, 10 am to 12
noon. For more info and an advance list of silent auction items see <a href="http://library.mines.edu/LB_Book_Sale" target="_blank">http://library.mines.edu/LB_Book_Sale</a><br />
(2) <b>CSM Geology Museum</b>, 1310 Maple Street, Golden ; books and
“garage sale”’ books, journals, maps, plus some specimens, equipment, etc. with
a focus on geology and minerals. Prices will be reduced each day. For more
information see the Museum website,<a href="http://www.mines.edu/Geology_Museum" target="_blank">http://www.mines.edu/Geology_Museum</a> or call <a href="tel:303-273-3815" target="_blank">303-273-3815</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wanted to give you this link to an Australian nugget that was recently found. The finder is waiting to sell it to the highest bidder, of course. The youtube video shows all of its' sides, so take a look and send him your bid for the piece.....or drool. Fun to look at and dream about finding gold like it. </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
<a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">www.hookedongold.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt;">hookedongold@gmail.com </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=72153&u=307499&m=11556&urllink=&afftrack=">Mining Equipment</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-74477130747383343132012-12-30T14:23:00.000-07:002012-12-30T14:25:18.517-07:00Prospecting for Gold in Larimer County, Colorado Decided<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Christmas is over and New Year's Eve is looming. In the midst of all the hustle and bustle, we have been awaiting news on the proposed closing of Larimer County in Colorado to gold prospecting. I have recently received a link to a news page that tells about the proposal and how it was defeated. You can read about it at. <a href="http://www.koaa.com/news/gold-panning-ban-defeated-in-larimer-county/" target="_blank">http://www.koaa.com/news/gold-<wbr></wbr>panning-ban-defeated-in-<wbr></wbr>larimer-county/ . </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to Lin Smith for the information link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thankfully, we will still be able to find gold in Colorado in Larimer County. Thanks to all those prospectors out there who took time to attend this meeting and to speak their minds. We will need to continue to be diligent in speaking out about our rights and wishes to continue prospecting for gold in all areas where we should be allowed to do so on public lands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gold closed down again this week at $1656.30. Maybe we will see it to the upside tomorrow for a nice rise before the New Year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As promised, I will tell you a little bit about the group who put the gold summit on in October. Their name is Gold-Unlimited and you can find them at <a href="http://www.gold-unlimited.com/">www.gold-unlimited.com</a> . Their focus is bringing our prospecting heritage to children and to preserve our rights to prospect. Check them out. They have their heads in the right place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2013 is almost here! Hooked on Gold would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and yours a Happy New Year! Ours looks to be very good. We hope yours will be filled with joy, prosperity, good times and good friends. Take care, all of you, and make sure where you are before you dig, and don't dig in the banks. That's river banks, of course. LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am posting, for you, my last installment of the Gold Summit. It was presented by </span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Biologist on responsible stream prospecting for gold and preserving stream integrity. </span></span><br />
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<![endif]--></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most gold prospectors are aware that we share the rivers
with fishermen as well as many others. Most of us are, also, fishermen and
women.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Grandmother fished all her
life, as did my Dad and other family members, so I grew up with a healthy
respect for fishing and the out of doors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As such, I was most interested in what Dave Winters, U.S. Forest Service
Stream Biologist, had to tell us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to Dr. Winters, (No one ever did say he was a Dr.,
but I would think that he has that degree) streams are classified as to
gradients of fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those that are in
4%-2% (or above) pass sediments easily and quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gradients of 2% and below are multi use and
shared by prospectors, cattle ranchers, fishermen, have few boulders and
meander from bank to bank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These parts
of the rivers are much slower and pass sediments much slower, depending on the
gradient percentage of fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are
the areas that are of the most concern and happen regularly along the Front
Range and east in Colorado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of
this lessening of gradient fall, all must be watchful of the damage we can do
to the banks of the rivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cut into
the bank will cause the rivers, at flood or in run off, to erode the banks even
further, degrading the slope and changing the course of the river as a
consequence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I know, you think only you
are digging in the bank and it should be OK, but you aren’t and it isn’t) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This erosion in especially harmful to multi users.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The preservation of the river bank integrity
is most important in slower parts of the streams and rivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bank degradation widens the stream and/or
river making the flow of water even slower, inhibiting the waterway’s ability
to pass sediments, as well as harms fish habitat and can make for dangerous situations
when getting down the bank for animals and humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How this pertains to gold prospectors is
simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t dig in the banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay in the streambed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anybody know what a Virtual River is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a book written about it called
‘Virtual Rivers’ that has some interesting thing s to say about pristine versus
Virtual Rivers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Sorry, he went through this too fast for me to catch the author). We probably have no
rivers in Colorado that anyone can call ‘pristine’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have pretty much been disturbed, moved,
crowded, dammed up, and diverted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some, like Clear Creek, are no longer able to meander across
their valleys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I-70 and the railroad bed
up highway 6 pretty much makes that impossible, trapping it in a narrow strip
that grinds the bedrock all the time. The South Platte has some 5 reservoirs on
it as well as numerous rail road beds and the debris from their
construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The North Fork has a
massive water diversion ditch that scours it most of the year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Historic mining, cattle ranching, dredging
and hydraulicking all took their toll on the rivers, as one would assume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As such, why are we even talking about restrictions on small
scale mining, if the rivers have been already been so beaten up? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First, let's remember we share these public areas with so many other users. Our concerns for gold prospecting cannot be the only ones considered. Second, let’s call it personal responsibility by a
public that is better educated and can see the damage that can still be done by these activities, if not conducted responsibly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a lot of
us out there during the season, after all, and our places to dig are not that
numerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we get concentrated in
areas and we need to be careful we don’t overuse them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We need to educate others and police ourselves,
be respectful of the environment, clean up and restore our public use sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An interesting thing that was suggested is
for all of you to cut willow sticks and plunge them into the river banks, where
they are lacking, down to water level so that they will root and help stabilize
the banks. Also, be an advocate for invasive species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remove them or tell authorities where they
can find them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK, so we do these
things already, or should, what about officials we have to deal with that have
preconceived perceptions about these activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have probably run into them or talked
with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Winters says that they
should take a step back and not be controlled by their perceptions, and remember
these are Virtual Rivers, not pristine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They should be used by everyone who wants to use them in a responsible
manner. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Work with prospectors to
identify appropriate areas and regulations for these activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get prospectors involved with the process and
use the volunteer help they have with them to resolve problems or clean up
areas to keep them open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> However, prospectors need to be respectful of all officials and calmly educate them or ask them to research responsible information of our activities with responsible groups who are in the know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In closing, Dr. Winters charged us to think like a stream, while we are working in and around them,
and work together to make the situation better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, and Plant Willows! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope this series has brought to light some of the expectations of officials, defined some confusing terms we all use while we are prospecting for gold in Colorado. I will close this series in the next few days with some
information about Gold Unlimited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did
not begin with them as I felt their place should be last so you will go back
and look them up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><iframe bordercolor="#000000" frameborder="0" height="200" hspace="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/N7433.148119.BLOGGEREN/B6675250.1626;sz=200x200;ord=[timestamp]?;lid=41000613802463762;pid=JNSN20067;usg=AFHzDLvR4jBBMcpB3LvnU9gwFMKo0GQzlg;adurl=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.toolschest.com%252Fjnsn20067.html;pubid=602441;imgsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fsite.unbeatablesale.com%2Fimg241%2Fjnsn20067.gif;width=200;height=106" vspace="0" width="200"></iframe>Gold closed Friday at just a bit over $1715, and Thanksgiving has been over for more than a week, now. Hope all of you had a good one and are long on your way to a Merry Christmas. We continue to unpack (probably will for another 6 moths), add storage to the new house, get the new shed ready for winter and work on the old place to make it more saleable. You would think we had done enough, but apparently not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am getting back to the Gold Summit with installment number 4. I hope all of this has been of use to you. I found several parts of it very informative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyone from the Front Range and beyond, who prospects for
gold in Colorado, should be familiar with Al Mosche of the Phoenix Mine. Al’s
family has been mining in Colorado for over a hundred years, and he gave us an
interesting look back at those periods in time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He entertained us with several stories, as only Al can, and gave us a
peek at what mining was like from the 1880’s until now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone who is curious should take a tour of
the Phoenix mine, located west of Idaho Springs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fred Dodge was on hand to sign autographs for people who
were familiar with his present consulting job with the Discovery Channels hit
show Gold Rush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He didn’t give away any
upcoming events with the Hoffman’s, but told us that he mines gold for a
living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, he didn’t go into much
detail about anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Anyone familiar
with the Dodge’s knows that parts of his family own and occasionally operate
one of the mines on Pennsylvania Mountain in South Park near Fairplay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Which brings me to Christie Wright, who is with Park County
Historical Society and Secretary of the Park County Mining Association.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave us some history on her two areas of
expertise in the area; Buckskin Gultch and Hall Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been around much of Buckskin Gultch,
but never Hall Valley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think a road
trip is in order next summer, just so we can say we have been there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get there by going west up PCR 60, near
Jefferson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She also told a brief history
of the beginnings of the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Park
County was established is 1861 and is 45 miles by 60 miles, or 2200 sq. miles.
Yes, you can get lost in there for days and put hundreds of miles on your
vehicle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rest you can google .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Denver Parks and Recreation sent over one of their Rangers,
Jake Wells, to talk with us about what Denver is doing in respects to
prospecting in public areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is new
to them, and they are in their beginning stages of coming up with regulations
to cover prospecting for gold in the City of Denver.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After they have their outlines, they will be
meeting with local prospectors for input into what they need and to make sure
terminology is correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will also
be working with Jefferson County, since they already have a plan in place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now, they are allowing hand equipment.
No motorized equipment at all, not even battery operated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, there is the issue of the size of the
holes, but Denver is, also, concerned with the added noise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That’s it for today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have saved the Stream Biologist, Dave Winters, for last.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His talk was lengthy and had some very good
information for you to consider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
will be surprised that he is not against your activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only WHERE you do them in relationship to the
stream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=72153&u=307499&m=11556&urllink=&afftrack=">Mining Equipment</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07710370078584013850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28289734.post-7825333854571831882012-11-13T15:07:00.001-07:002012-11-13T15:07:16.370-07:00<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How did it get to be Tuesday!?!? Yes, I know I'm behind in getting information to you, so here it is. Gold is sitting at $1726.10 right now, in case anyone cares.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jefferson County Open Space was and remains very opened
minded concerning prospecting for gold in Clear Creek Canyons Park Open
Space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The area runs from 58<sup>th</sup>
to the junction of Highway 119, except for about a mile above tunnel 3 where a
grandfathered in claim is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As those of
you who are from this area know, the canyon has been heavily used by the public
for a very long time, and the Open Space committee has their hands full with
balancing all the users in the canyon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They will, also, be constructing a bicycle/walking trail through it beginning
now, and have three years to complete the project with grant money to do so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Their representative, that day, was Colleen Gad who has been
working with prospectors for many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In general, they are pleased with most prospectors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this past year they have had
increasing problems with people digging way into the banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here, I MUST remind all of you…this is OPEN
SPACE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their rules DO NOT include
removal of ANYTHING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jefferson County
Open Space is the ONLY open space group I know of that even CONSIDERS allowing
prospecting of any kind on their managed land, much less MOTORIZED use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here, again, HIGH WATER MARK MEANS AS FAR ALONG THE
STREAMBED AS THE WATER WILL GO TO THE BANK, AND NOT UP THE BANK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, what does this mean?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>NO DIGGING IN THE BANKS!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It DOES mean you can dig up the streambed
anywhere high water would cover it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND
it means you can use a highbanker to do that in an area that allows MOTORIZED
equipment to dig up the STREAMBED where the high water would cover it, in the
Clear Creek Canyons Park Open Space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Off
course, that does NOT<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mean you can do it
on private property or someone’s claim that is not included in this park. (DEEP
BREATH!) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is YOUR responsibility to
know where you are, AND watch the parking situation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They WILL ticket you for parking
violations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any questions on this you
can email me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FILL IN YOUR HOLES!!!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am sick of repeating this, you lazy b*********s! You know who I’m
talking to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am more than sick of doing
your work for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>YES! I fill in your
holes with a pick and a #2 shovel, and I’m an OLD WOMAN.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bucketing of material off the high benches is NOT ALLOWED.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You, also, cannot fill buckets with material,
put them in the truck, and take them home or anywhere else with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is Open Space!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You cannot take anything out with you but the
cons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ALL material must be worked where
you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you see anyone violating the
rules and regs, get a picture of the vehicle, person and license plate and turn
it in to police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ms. Gad gave us a hand
out on the rules for this area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather
than put them all in this blog post, I will post them on the website in the next few
weeks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A question was asked about the rock piles along Clear Creek
in the Open Space Park, and whether you can work them or not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer was NO as the Prebble Mouse was
found living in the piles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We also had a discussion about the use of the Arapahoe City
area, just east of the Coors Brewery property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Right now, prospectors are being allowed to work here, but it is under the
City of Wheatridge’s management, even though it is Jefferson County
property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a confusing situation,
and Wheatridge is working with gold prospectors right now, however some issues
are cropping up that may shut this area down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First and foremost is the issue of working into the
banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AGAIN, work in the streambed as
far as the water will cover it when there is high water, not the banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently, there was a hole opened up in the
bank that cut straight through it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
will erode the bank at run off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Volunteers are being asked to help with closing this hole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this sort of thing continues, it is most
certain Wheatridge will take action to prevent it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>REMEMBER to work AWAY from the bike
path.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Undercut that, and no one will be
allowed to work in this area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That’s all I have right now on Clear Creek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be updating the website with this
information in the next month or so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometime between unpacking and Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
do hope your gold prospecting season was a good one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We had a lot of fun for the short time we had in the mountains this
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure who I will be reporting
on next, but I have all day to decide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today, I am posting information about Clear Creek where it flows through Golden. There has been some controversy over what the regulations mean here, although most of them should not be questioned like mining around the kayak runs and the new fishing improvements. However, we got some very good explanations that clarify what exactly is meant by 'high water mark'. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, let’s see…..I left you hanging wondering how I would go
about organizing the information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think I will begin with the two speakers who were there about Clear Creek
running through Golden<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">, and Clear Creek Canyon. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clear Creek presents some unusual circumstances that you do
not normally see. We have several counties that it runs through, as well as cities,
and also includes a stretch of open space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Our speakers addressed the part that runs through Jefferson County, and
they were very informative about what is expected through this stretch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ann Beierle, with the city of Golden, addressed the general
regulations on Clear Creek through Golden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She has worked in the past with several of the bigger mines in Colorado,
and so is very versed in mining and knows the mining community well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prospecting for gold in Golden means no mechanized equipment
of any kind, including battery powered equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stick to the stream bed and don’t dig deep holes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a safety issue for everyone who uses
Clear Creek in the summer for recreation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No one wants a 5 year old accidentally stumbling into a 5 foot hole in
the creek bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">NO DIGGING in the banks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>HIGH WATER mark means the high water covering the STREAMBED, not how
high it goes up the bank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Digging in the
banks erodes the banks on a huge scale and undermines trails, roadways and
deteriorates the integrity of the creek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">FILL IN ALL HOLES, even if you will be returning the next
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clear Creek is overused by everyone
in the summer and it is a safety issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just because most people are gone at sun down, doesn’t mean no one uses
the creek in the evening or at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You must consider other users in this creek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You may NOT prospect in the Kayak runs or where the new
fishing habitat has been provided upstream from the Kayak runs to the 6<sup>th</sup>
Ave. Bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Millions of dollars have
been spent to make these areas user specific.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you want to use certain areas specific to prospecting, get your
groups together and spend the money to do so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(That isn’t the cities comment, boys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s MINE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Put your money where
your mouths are like all other special interest groups do.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Avoid, do not interfere with others on the creek. It is a
privilege to use the creek in Golden for prospecting, not a right and you can
lose it if you abuse it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be respectful
of the work done on the Golden Mile Stream Restoration and Fishing areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Follow established rules and do not damage
stream improvements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have no right
to dig around the structures built to keep the Kayak runs in place, nor to move
the boulders that keep the creek in place through Golden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Improved area runs from approximately 4<sup>th</sup> to the
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WOW! I thought I could get through both of these speakers
today, but this is long enough now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See
you again soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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Gold-Unlimited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saturday, November 3,
2012. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Gold is at $1714.90 this morning. As promised, I am bringing you the first installment of the events that took place last Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amidst all the problems and work associated with buying a
new home, moving and selling the old home, we decided to take last Saturday
afternoon off to attend a ‘gold summit’ put on by Gold Unlimited whose purpose
was to get some information out to prospectors in the Colorado area about local
regulations and what local entities are expecting from gold prospectors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The 5 hour speaker lineup was informative and spanned
general prospecting to hard rock, and even had one local celebrity from the
Gold Rush show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pizza was brought in for
participants who knew lunch was being served.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The venue was cold….I mean there was no heat in the room and the door
was open the entire afternoon. It was sunny and 60 degrees outside, but for
those who were inside sitting on metal chairs for hours, it was cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thankfully, one of the speakers needed a bit
of preparation time, or we would not have had a break at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, you could leave at any time and miss
part of what was being said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not an
option for someone who needed to get the information down and written about in
a blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was chilled to the bone and
shivering by the time it was over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That being said, the rest of the afternoon was worth our
time to listen to what was said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it
hadn’t been, I certainly would not have stayed and froze all afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LOL!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Since there was so much that was gone over, I will post for several days
so you can digest it in pieces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Speakers were from Gold-Unlimited, Christie Wright from South Park
Historical Society and Park County Mining Association, Al Mosche who owns and
operates the Phoenix Mine outside Idaho Springs, Fred Dodge representing the
for profit gold miners, Ann Beierle who discussed regulations pertaining to
Clear Creek in Golden, Dave Winters National Forest Service Stream Biologist,
Colleen Gad with Jefferson County Open Space, and Jake Wells with Denver Parks
and Recreation. We also were given some information about Gold Unlimited and
heard a history of Arapahoe City. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Everyone had a specific time slot to fill and the meeting
moved along very nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were
finished by around 5:00 p.m., in time for a nice dinner before heading home to
turn all our clocks back one hour to end daylight savings time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since this start is getting so long, I
will stop it here and tomorrow I will start catching you up on the information
that the speakers gave out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will
find you know much of it, but there was much clarification on some of the terms
used.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As usual, your interpretation and
theirs is not the same, and I did ask for clarification so I understood it
myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As Always,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hookedongold.com/">www.hookedongold.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:hookedongold@gmail.com">hookedongold@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, what have I been up to since August? Buying another home, finding out that we no longer qualify for a conventional 30 year loan, moving, and now trying to sell the other house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How did we make the purchase? A 5 year adjustable. It was the only loan we got offered that didn't make us put all our savings into a money market and withdraw it on a monthly basis until it was all gone. Anyone with an IRA knows you keep it invested so you can make money from it to make it last longer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On top of this, they would not even consider the part time job as income. A REAL eye opener. So, we are looking at an exit strategy in 4 years. Yup, we will probably be selling this one and moving in 4 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why bother? My Mother could no longer navigate the stairs at the old home. AND a good time to buy a house before they go back up. Hopefully, we can exit before the whole money mess blows up. Did I say that? Oopps. Sorry, I mean before our ARM gets adjusted. LOL!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My real purpose here today is to tell you that I have a series of posts to bring to you about a gold summit that was held in South Denver to get some information out to folks about the Denver and Golden areas that I want to pass on to you. The posts are already written, so I will blog every couple of days as I have time. (Yes, I am still unpacking boxes.)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wrote them while I was waiting for carpet to be put down at the Townhouse, btw. Took me 3 hours! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good Prospecting to You,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shirley Weilnau</span><br />
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Happy end of summer to you all! It has been a long summer for us in many ways, and yet it has gone by quickly at the same time. I am trying out a new format for the blog that seems to be working out well. I have made several posts to it and it is easier to use than blogger, so I will be working on embedding it into the site later this Fall. </div>
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Gold closed yesterday at $1615.80, which is up a bit since the beginning of summer. Predictions are that it could go to $2500, but I think that is too optimistic before the elections. December....well, I will have to wait and see.</div>
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We have been very busy with helping a parent with health issues this Spring and half the Summer. A back surgery and kidney issues, as well as other family obligations, has kept me away from the blog for too long. I even wrote one and then did not have the time to post it!</div>
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We have made connections with an old friend, Phil Martinez, who runs <a href="http://www.vistaminingadventures.com/" target="_blank">Vista Mining Adventures</a>, and has started providing a pay for use area on his claims on the Arkansas River. We have enjoyed our time there this summer dredging and pulling the fine gold we find there out of the river. It is a peaceful place where you wave at, talk to and enjoy the rafters and fishermen in the area. </div>
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We have also spent a few days in the Cache Creek area. While there are some ongoing problems, the BLM, Forest Service and Camp Hosts are doing a good job of keeping things under control and the riff raff out. We heard of a coordinated effort recently to clean up the area of a group who had come in, mined at night, dug out the banks, overstayed their time in the camping areas, and in general left a mess. They were fined, run out, and were made to clean up the camps. I hear they were even raked! We had to head home right after this report, but we will check it out as soon as were are back at camp.</div>
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The miners on Antero have had a rash of claim jumpers with pistols and big threats. One woman who owns a claim there, was run off her claim by a guy with a gun and a threat that someone was on the ridge with her in his sites, and that she was to vacate the area before she got hurt. I heard a similar story last year. Most probably the same guy.</div>
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Well, that's all for now. Hope your gold prospecting summer has been a good one. I have a report of snow on Mt Bross a day or so ago, so Fall is descending on the high country. Still plenty of time to find gold in Colorado, but we are reminded that our play time there is coming to an end. As Always,</div>
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