WINTER ICE

[MIKE MCKEEVER]

I WAS GOING THRU AN OLD MEMORY CARD FOR ONE OF MY DIGITAL CAMERAS AND FOUND THESE PICS. ME AND MY BROTHER WERE BREAKING THE ICE SHELF OFF AND PUSHING IT DOWNSTREAM SO WE COULD DREDGE THE CHANEL.

[El Dorado]

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Hoser John]

I no longer possess the testiculiar fortitude of the magnitude required to partake in such insanity. But it WAS fun at the time. Never been in that much snow but when you have to remove the oil from the dredge daily and warm every day to insert to unfreeze the dredge--thats cold enough in Foresthill divide. tons a au 2 u 2-John

[russau]

well one bright side to this is that your beer will stay COLD!

[CalGoldDredger]

Looks Like Some Fun, To Me That Is.
Goes to show that if there is a will there is a way. And the way can be of many.

[placerau]

"I no longer possess the testicular fortitude of the magnitude required to partake in such insanity."

Hoser John,
I totally agree with you one this, there is no way, no how, that I would be going into that channel... I would have to see a 4 ft wide quartz vein, going right in to a seam/crevice on the river bottom, for me to even consider it.
I love dredging just as much as the next fella, but damned, there has to be some serious guidelines arranged when you come upon something like this. I'll be the dredge tender for the day thank you..and I'll make sure my partner had lots of hot coffee, when I let him come out of the water.. I thought I had cabin fever bad, no I apologize, this is a really, really bad case of "The Fever."

[Hoser John]

Looooooooooooooooong time no see placerau,nice to see your posting and I hope all is well with you and yourn--tons a au 2 u 2 -John