Big ole Texas THANK YOU!!!

[polekaat]

I'd like to thank Leonard and Ed for another GREAT Arkansas River trip. We had an awesome time with all the wildlife (human and otherwise), comraderie, and downhome hospitality. We left the claims on Tuesday evening (it got colder and wetter), headed down to Golden to see some friends and hit Clear Creek for a little highbanking action. We finally got back to the house Sunday, it was 6:00 p.m. by the time we got the vehicles unloaded and were able to relax. We haven't gone through our cons yet but we're bound to have lots of that fine Arkansas river gold mixed in with the great memories. We used the 2 1/2" dredge option on my highbanker for 8 days in the same hole. I was impressed with the size of the hole we made with that little machine, maybe it's a good thing that I didn't get the 4" this year, I would have dug all the way to bedrock. As it was, we found a clay layer a couple of feet down and cleaned about 400 sq/ft of it.

BellaBug was a real trooper on the long rides from and back to Texas.

Trevor

[COArgonaut]

My pleasure.
You sure got a little bit of everything weatherwise.

We will do it again next year.

Ed

[russau]

Trevor it was good to meet you ,family and friends also!also

[h20prospector]

Did I meet him, or had I already left by the time he got there? I agree with his comments about the weather!

Pat

[russau]

Pat, you already left.please check you equipment to see if you still have my screens that you borrowed.

[polekaat]

It rained on us every day. But what the hell....we're playing in the water anyway. I stopped in Bill Chapman's place and bought Dave McCracken's books, Advanced Dredging Techniques 1 & 2. Next time I plan on having at least a 4" to find a paystreak and follow it. All I've ever done was dig and pray in a likely looking spot.

Tracy (my cousin) has shown his flake off to everybody that would listen to the story of his first pan. I do believe that I've created a monster. Maybe I won't have to beg him to go prospectin' with me next time.

Trevor

[russau]

yep he was sure smilin with one of them big ole Texas smiles when he showed it off! good for him!

[h20prospector]

Pat, you already left.please check you equipment to see if you still have my screens that you borrowed.

Russ,

I didn't borrow any screens. I brought my own each day.

Pat

[golden optimist]

Heres a couple of pictures.

Ed and Russ taking care of the wood.

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Dave panning out some concentrates.

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Leonard

[dickb]

Looks like the Ark was ripping along pretty good.

Dickb