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To: LaFayette555 who wrote (15132)	2/23/1999 7:40:00 PM
From: Walt	Respond to of 26850

Great description Francois, Nothing like wandering into some old workings with no idea what or where you are going. Also never judge a puddles depth by the surface. Always test with a stick cause some literally have no bottom you will reach. I was at a "trench" this summer. Looked more like the start of a shaft. About eight feet by eight feet and ten feet deep with water in the bottom. If one got into it you would probably never get out without a ladder. All done by hand steel on a small blow out of a quartz vein but not a speck of quartz in the muck pile. They had taken every bit and processed it somewhere. Old cabin by lake. From what I know two prospectors spent 3-4 years on the property back in the 30s and 40s, probable high graded it and made enough on the gold to get by. They probably ground the quartz up by hand and panned the gold out. Im quessing that the rock was 10-20ozAu/ton in the quartz. its not big enough to ever make a mine but in the dirty 30s it would have been a living. Also some of the old muck'waste piles are great locations for collecting mineral samples. regards Walt