Welcome to June Everyone,
Well, the spring prospecting season is in the can and the desert temperatures for our May outing were just on the bearable side with mid 90’s and a bit of a breeze. It was still challenging and I resorted to wetting my t-shirt every 1/2 hour to get some convective cooling plus a LOT of water and cold drinks. Be very careful if you are going to try and sneak in a last trip or two. Those that came out again found pretty good flour gold and a few nice little pickers. I brought my Jeep up in order to finish posting the rest of our Freedom Complex claims. Duisenburg was a very busy place hosting the OC 49’s, the Golden Valley Prospectors from Bakersfield, and their own Push Dig which was a flat fee unlimited 3-day dig. Over the week we had 14 members try their luck including some first timers. I worked my usual spot and an experimental prospect as well. Make sure to periodically check your concentrates to confirm you are still on the gold. There is nothing as frustrating to find out you just spent 4 or 5 hours digging in a place with very little gold in the ground.
From here on out, unless a summer miracle occurs, we move up to the Big Bear area in the pines and cooler temperatures, I will try and get a trip in to scout the roads as they had large tire trenches and hard access last year and I need to realign the posts as the fire closed the whole area at the end of the summer last year.
There are no real updates that I have heard about the West Mojave Roads closure or anything else on the US Forest service proposals, I’ll keep everyone informed.
Also, a reminder, WE DO NOT REQUEST ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE MEMBERS IN PAYING ANY OF THE ASSOCIATION BILLS OR VENDORS. It is and has always been a scam!!
That’s about it for now.
See you at the meeting or outings.
Jerryk