Starting to feel like I am on gold rush Alaska. Tractor breaks, trommel breaks and so on. Going out in the morning to weld more parts on the trommel. I got it going for about 15 minutes on Saturday then broke a chain and sproket. Took apart parts of the 1957 case 320I and thing I fix the bucket problem but we will see. I guess using old equipment is a bit difficult because of the metal fatigue but I like the old stuff. Makes life a bit more interesting. Lets see what happens on Monday. The truck is loaded with the generator and welder so I will hopefully get some work done and process some dirt for once. Still waiting for rain at the Peoria Flat claims. Downieville is a bit cold this time of year so that is out until spring, Woods Creek is still producing a little gold with a few rare pockets of gold here and there. The season is slowing down so no good stories of $100 plus pockets of gold this week. I hope I have a few stories when the equipment gets working properly. I may be changing the company name soon. It will be Jamestown Gold Prospecting. Same phone # so if you are a regular please take note. My new website will take a while to be noticed on Yahoo, Bing and Google. I hate to do it but things happen. |






