Kevin in Colorado...and elsewhere

[brianc053]

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Messing around with the larger flakes from my May digs. The water is too high to get to the good paydirt now

Nice flakes!
Early on in the pandemic i started getting "crafty" and I took gold from different places I've visited and put them in this display.

Notice that I put Colorado flour gold in the upper left corner, and the "Mass Picker" is just below that.

Also notice that I have five more spots to fill..... (Alaska, North Carolina, Maine, Oregon and....the Yukon? Those would be good additions.)

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Very cool display Brian! I also like your aspirational list although I’d drop The Yukon in favor of British Columbia myself. So much public prospecting in BC!

 

[Reed Lukens]

Nice flakes!
Early on in the pandemic i started getting "crafty" and I took gold from different places I've visited and put them in this display.

Notice that I put Colorado flour gold in the upper left corner, and the "Mass Picker" is just below that.

Also notice that I have five more spots to fill..... (Alaska, North Carolina, Maine, Oregon and....the Yukon? Those would be good additions.)

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I used to do that too...
Until I came home one day and my vials were gone...
The X had knocked the display over while vacuuming and a lot of them broke on the wood floor. The gold vial stand and all broke... so she just kept vacuuming everything up and saved it for me to pan out when I got home... I had about 30 vials from all over, lots of different colors, etc... So it all went into an old antique gold case until I out grew that

 

[brianc053]

I used to do that too...
Until I came home one day and my vials were gone...
The X had knocked the display over while vacuuming and a lot of them broke on the wood floor. The gold vial stand and all broke... so she just kept vacuuming everything up and saved it for me to pan out when I got home... I had about 30 vials from all over, lots of different colors, etc... So it all went into an old antique gold case until I out grew that

Ouch Reed. Sorry to hear that. At least you were able to recover the gold! (or most of it).
You have me thinking, because my vials are on an upper shelf of my closet (oops did I just tell the world that? I don't have that much gold, for the record). I'm now wondering what would happen if i dropped the box they are in....

 

[KevinInColorado]

Yikes Reed!

My stuff is on a bottom shelf and in plastic. After the Alaska trip debacle where over a dozen vials froze and my gold ended up all mixed together, I’ve learned the no glass lesson pretty well!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out digging at the Fairplay Prospecting Park with “Diamond Miner Ivins” on a beautiful spring day. Also delivered books to two stores in that area to restock their shelves

The gold:

 

[KevinInColorado]

Can u check this for nuggets? LoL
sorta pretty spot right?!
Making new friends over a gold pan [emoji177]

...all of this last week in Lake County CO

 

[Reed Lukens]

Well!!!
Was there gold in that pan Kevin?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Well!!!
Was there gold in that pan Kevin?

Of course!!!

 

[KevinInColorado]

stuff i found in a creek this past week

 

[ultrafs]

The book came out on Amazon at the end of May. Since then I’ve sold over 1,250 copies via a mix of Amazon, Facebook and prospecting shops across Colorado. I’m just thrilled with the initial response to the book and the initial sales!

Kevin, I know this is an old post but those sales numbers are amazing. I'm sure they are much higher now and you deserve it. The book is fantastic in terms of content, layout, everything. Looking forward to meeting you someday. Steve

 

[KevinInColorado]

Kevin, I know this is an old post but those sales numbers are amazing. I'm sure they are much higher now and you deserve it. The book is fantastic in terms of content, layout, everything. Looking forward to meeting you someday. Steve

Thanks Steve! After two years on the market, I’ve sold almost 4,000 copies. In fact, last month 6/2020 was my 4th best month ever for sales...sorta made up for the big drop during the COVID shutdown I guess.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Found at The Rock Shop, here in CO masks are required (no I don’t care what you think about masks, don’t crap up my journal with opinions lol) and I love their little pun!

 

[KevinInColorado]

Intact hammer-mill at the Roosevelt Mine & mill near Pitkin CO last week. It ran until they used up the paying gold ore in the late 30’s.

 

[KevinInColorado]

The North London Mill. Its between Alma Colorado and Leadville at about 11,000 feet elevation. I was lucky enough to get a private tour yesterday.

It’s in rough shape, as you can see, but the state historical preservation fund (all money from gambling taxes) just agreed to spend $150K to stabilize the structure [emoji106]🏻[emoji106]🏻

 

[KevinInColorado]

Tram system, still in place at the North London Mill. I got permission to sample the creek (it’s private property) and found typical mill-outwash gold. Beautiful spot!

 

[Clay Diggins]

You are pretty high up there Kevin. Is that Mosquito Pass in the background?

Heavy Pans

 

[KevinInColorado]

You are pretty high up there Kevin. Is that Mosquito Pass in the background?

Heavy Pans

Good eye Barry! Yes, that’s Mosquito Pass just above us. We got up to about 12,000 feet, the top of the pass is still closed due to winter road damage.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Got out digging again on Saturday with a friend who works at the big Coors plant in Golden. So, free beer! Also good gold

 

[KevinInColorado]

0.3 grams from last Saturday on the Blue River. Always nice to have decent gold near home.