My friend came walking in from the garage with what looked to me like a stick of dynamite. Chuckling, he said, “Have you ever been gold mining?”
In my head I was thinking, “Not at 3 am in the morning with dynamite.”

Let’s examine why your placer gold looks the way it does and what you can tell about its journey based upon its appearance.

The mysteries of this spot were only just starting to develop. There is nothing but very bland granite-type rocks here,  meaning no bold, favorable indicators.

This year was a test. We had never done anything like this before, yet we grossed $30,000 in the short time we had to mine.