Jim and I spent a day to try to find the old 4 mile drift mine of Red Point

Didn't go up to the claim this weekend. Took an ocean hike in Marin county.

Forresthill divide is still closed due to wildfires, good excuse to do nothing this weekend.



Had to graduate!

Zach came to visit from CA to spend the weekend working the claim. Friday night we we ran into a brown bear. After 5 min sleeping in a band new tent, we retreated to the car. Too many sounds.

Went to the claim site and was able to set up my discovery marker and the NE corner. Too tired to get the rest up....
Going back to Minnesota...prospecting goes on hold

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Because of the circumstances we were not able to do much panning at the accidental location on the 26th. We were able to run about 30min of work through the sluice and then brought it home for proc...
My first attempt to find access to the American River - North fork via the Euchre Bar hiking trail. We attempted the trail via the vaguely described south access from the Foresthill divide instea...
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