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14 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

Perhaps I made a mistake.

No, it's not a mistake. Just do what you want to do, it's taken you (and us), this far. Everyone always has their own opinions - so when they get their journals, then, and only then, they can do what they want. You are doing just fine.

3 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

It means a miner that appears on a gold mining TV show. Can't name him.

I want to make it absolutely clear that this was a joke only.
A joke that has no specific reference to anyone on this forum.
That's why I labeled it as a joke fwiw.

Anyone who has a problem with the comment, PM me and I will remove it.

A tv miner is an interesting term. Is that akin to an internet miner?
(Just havin fun…it's a great read).

The size of those waterworn boulders in the first picture…wow.

6 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

 If the crew leaves the mine it would be run over with high graders and worse.

Some things don't change no matter what the year is...

39 minutes ago, Condor said:

Perhaps the seller came in and tell his version of events.  Unlikely.

Very unlikely. This is the kind of thing I would expect of a sleazy used car dealer, 
not a metal detector dealer. I hate this kind of naked dishonesty, especially with people who are newbies.

I have to say Condor, you go up a notch in my book with every post you put up.

👂

Firstly a comment, at least to me, amounts to a super "like."

Secondly those two pictures are the best of the bunch so far, really intriguing and interesting.

Now, just in case it's not obvious, I'm hitting "like" in your post. 👏

1 hour ago, GhostMiner said:

The journal deserves something better rhan that.

What is it you wish?

1 minute ago, GhostMiner said:

sounds like they are into it now

They are literally into it now…good stuff.

Hope they reinforce the drift...

What fun to read….the unexpected turns are great.

Running out for more popcorn. What a tale.

astonishing to see, thank you

🍿😳

You're about to pass 50 thousand views in this thread GhostMiner,
just letting you know that about 5 thousand of them are mine. 🙃

I would also like to give a huge shoutout to Clay Diggins. Your involvement in mining claim and land information has literally changed so much of what people like me, who have no background in what you are sharing, have available to us. 

Forum members, if you have not donated to Land Matters (http://www.mylandmatters.orgv) you should think about it, the work that site has done has made a difference for all of us whether we know it or not.

4 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

We need more people like Clay for sure. 

100% on the mark...

Those photos are a good wake up. An important reminder of the backbreaking amount of work that was put in. Sure the gold was there but it was no easy pickings.

As we follow along on their adventures, I am constantly amazed at the level of work described in the journal - and seeing the setting again, 100 degrees in the summer and snow in winter. They earned their ounces.

Good real life drama

It's really quite amazing to read of their successes, we are vicariously living our dreams through this timeless journal.

Also, let's remember there are ten people for every one on this forum, who are out there doing their research, putting in the effort in the field and finding amazing gold…and they don't feel the need to say a thing. I don't blame them.

8 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

. I have done a small amount of work like that but not for long. 

I thought it was a big deal when I was dredging in the mother lode rivers spending 8 to 10 hours a day underwater for a whole summer…but then when you spend two weeks working a hole through 12 feet of overburden only to find a Chinese coin in a crevice in the bedrock, you get real with yourself; those guys did it by hand after they flumed the whole section of the river they were working in first.

cheers

Another window into Jed and his crew. Thanks.

One of the details that comes through so clearly in these tales

is just how tough these folks were back then. 

The work was back-breaking and the elements were harsh.

We can still see so many examples in the Sierra Nevada's

of the amount of work put in by the 49er's and the people who followed them.

Not many of us today could lead that way of life.

I like the episodic aspect of this…it's fun and it sure as heck has the site with a ton of hits.

Bring it on...

(glad your eye is gonna be okay)