Hi CGD:
I still think you need to kick KAL in the soft parts and set up a second operation in AK. You'll have a much better sense of whether it will be beneficial to you after you spend some time there and see if the claim your working pays well enough.
In the Fairbanks area, I would think that you could set up around the last week of May and dredge June, July, August and some /or all of Sept, before winter shuts you down. Then come back and work Kal with a pan if need be on the claims down there. I'm real pessimistic with what is going on in the west and if this 5 year ban is passed, It's gonna kill the dredging and prospecting in the west. I think their is an agenda that the rich and powerful have to see that happen.
With how broke Kal is, you would think that they would do everything that they could to encourage every tourist anywhere in the world to come to their state and spend money. OBVIOUSLY, the business community and jobs wont be able to bring enough tax revenue into the state coffers. So their only other choice is to invade Nevada and take them hostage for ransom??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
What do you think of that Hoser?
Lord help the working man, cause there just isn't enough of us left!
Dickb