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Lost Canyon

These are the basic gold sampling tools we used on this exploration trip.The name makes you wonder, “Just how remote is this place?” It’s in the Tahoe National Forest and the Canada Hill Mining District, an area of steeply cut canyons that averages about 5,000 feet in elevation.

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