I went out this morning to look at a few spots near one of my claims. I sampled the dry creek beds and got at least a few specks from every pan. One spot where two creeks meet looked promising so I dug about a 1/4 of a bucket of dirt. I panned it out and got about 20 pieces of dust. There are no signs of tailing piles in that particular spot so most likely it was not rich enough to work back in the 1800's but with gold prices where they are now I think it will be worth filing a claim ont. I have finaly got the tractor and trommel working and hope to have everything going soon. I though I was going to get it all together last week but I got very busy with customers. I have a few this weekend thru Monday so maybe I can get out there for tuesday. A good friend of mine passed last week, he was an old time miner, WWII pilot and engineer, any time I had a question about fixing equipment he was there. He always wanted to get back out there mining but at 86 and a sick wife he never found the time, I would collect the black sands and bring the to his house so he could process them and at least be able to do a little of what he loved. I will miss my old friend. RIP my friend Lucky Throne.