My partner had the contacts and it wasn’t long before we had an agreement in place and the company had a geologist on site. I recall a time when he was getting the lay of the land, so to speak, and he broke off a rock sample and inspected it with his magnifier.

The water instantly dropped though the screen, leaving a pile of mud behind! I was so excited that I replaced it with a 150-mesh screen, and the same thing happened!

For the prospector, knowing what oxidized hydrothermal alteration looks like in the field is an important exploration tool.

There are times when being able to recognize a type of rock can make you a much more successful prospector.

We descended hunched over, down a long, steep, wooden staircase to the 1,000-level.