bustin cracks at yankee jims

419GottaMinute

419GottaMinute

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NorCalPilot said:
Spent the day sniping. For me, not bad! <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=752124"/> Better gold than I've seen at Ponderosa. I want to check out Mineral Bar.
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Not bad at all!! I've heard lots about Yankee Jim's I'd like to get up there sometime. Looks like a good place to start. Good luck!!
 

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Tnx, 419. I will try that out... and record the results. I'm still in the learning stage as far as the "Bowl" goes. I plan on just going to a miller table when down to 50, 100 and beyond (also on the learning list!). Tnx agn. TTC
 

419GottaMinute said:
Sweet! When you go to ponderosa, do you normally snipe bedrock and cracks?

Also, if you're interested in sniping mineral go upstream from the bridge, the bedrock exposed is awe inspiring
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I've had more luck sniping at ponderosa, although I've spent some time working a gravel bar and sluicing which didn't produce much. I'm sure I'm not looking in the right spots!
 

Often the gravel bars that are impossable to get a sluice in pay well.. Most people dictate their worksite by where they are allowed to get a sluice in.. Hella funny in my opinion.... I can't speak for the gravel at ponderosa to much, as I spend little time on that stretch but I know of a man who works the ponderosa strecth to Brunch creek and he doesnt complain often..
 

That makes some sense-- the more difficult the work, the better the gold. I try to hike away from the access points instead of jumping in the river ASAP, but I always look for a good place to drop the sluice in and work nearby dirt. I will have to rethink my sluice strategy. Maybe I'll add pontoons to my A52 and drop anchor!
 

MadMarshall said:
Often the gravel bars that are impossable to get a sluice in pay well.. Most people dictate their worksite by where they are allowed to get a sluice in.. Hella funny in my opinion.... I can't speak for the gravel at ponderosa to much, as I spend little time on that stretch but I know of a man who works the ponderosa strecth to Brunch creek and he doesnt complain often..
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Hey MM, have you ever prospected up in the placer county area??
 

These came from placrr county, and before anyone asks, no I won't tell where exactly. Lets say upper clementine to euchre bar...
 

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MadMarshall said:
Placer county area??? I hope to visit one day!!! any advice???
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It was my first. Head way up in, I didn't go far enough in is what a guy told me that had been out there
 

Kind of surprised there's some people on here that go mining close to where I live. I'm over in foresthill. There's some good gold in placer county if you go to the right places! I haven't done too much at ponderosa just sniping in the middle of the river downstream found some pickers but couldn't find them consistently. I've been down to Yankee Jim's before but never tried anything there before.
 

N8Longly said:
Kind of surprised there's some people on here that go mining close to where I live. I'm over in foresthill. There's some good gold in placer county if you go to the right places! I haven't done too much at ponderosa just sniping in the middle of the river downstream found some pickers but couldn't find them consistently. I've been down to Yankee Jim's before but never tried anything there before.
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N8longly, how often do you go out?? And where is ponderosa?? I'm new to all of this so I'm researching leads thxs.
 

mjarvis said:
N8longly, how often do you go out?? And where is ponderosa?? I'm new to all of this so I'm researching leads thxs.
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There's a way to get there from foresthill and some other way from Colfax? I think it is. It's a part of the north fork.
 

West paoli rd off of I 80, follow the signs for river access

From forrethill take forresthill road and turn onto ponderosa
 

Yes, the ladybugs on the NFAR have been around for many years, the trout love them. Down river from the bridge on Euchre Bar does not go far till it drops into the gorge just past the 's' curve. Most likely you came in from the Alta side, the Foresthill side comes down through the Doore(sp) ranch with the bridge being down river from where the trails hits the river from the ranch. I met Ray Doore many years ago, he lived in the canyon and had some great stories to share. He had a 2.5 pound coffee can about half full with arrow heads.

Looking upriver from the bridge one can see the NF of the NFAR coming in on the left bank of the NFAR, it is one little screamer of a creek and used to have many dredges on it. I would suppose the gold in the creek was coming from the Rawhide mine area. The mountain on the Rawhide mine property looks like a huge wood pecker got loose on it, tunnels everywhere!

The trail upriver from Euchre Bar goes for awhile though I do not recall it ever making it to Italian Bar, I've not been there in maybe 20 years....................63bkpkr
 

Ha! I finally found a website that will give me locations of all these 'bars' and trails that everybody mentions. Trying to follow some of these conversations - what trail, where it leads, etc - have baffled me time and time again. I kept trying to look them up, reading web blogs, looking at maps. Could never find quite a few of them.

Then I found 'California.hometownlocater.com' and presto!

Should be easier to follow everyones conversations now. :)
 

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