Where we dig for gold is part of the old Maquitta claims that were part of the Maquitta mine. Mostly what we are digging in is tailing piles from the mine or surrounding area around the mine itself. We are finding tiny pieces of gold. We are hoping that the tailings might have a few bigger pieces of gold that the old miners missed. Not likely but one can hope.
The mine is still somewhat active and guys live there year round. There is no electricity or water so it is a little primitive. They have a large water tank and when it gets really hot most old miners just go down in their mines to stay cool. It is only April and it is already in the 90's but it does cool down to the 60's at night. We have been getting up early and heading out to dig before the sun comes up. When it gets to be 9am the heat comes and you really start to feel it when your shoveling. This means we only get an hour or so of actual run time on our drywasher so it is amazing that we find any gold.
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