7.30am
14 degrees, clear sky and no wind.
Susan’s
birthday today – will have to send her a belated message when I get phone
service again.
Drove
across the creek to more shafts and salt & pepper ground. Better photo of
the old shafts on either side of the modern trench dug in the middle to see if
there is any more gold. The shafts aren’t deep.
Steve
found this hunk of quartz with crystals in it. Will had it to our collection –
no wonder the van is getting heavy!! I gave it a wash and scrub with the brush.
He
found it near this shaft. The soil is soft so they had to reinforce it with
whatever timber was available.
Across
from the shafts was where they camped going by the pile of old tins and
bottles.
This
one was nearly intact – Whyte & Mackay, Glasgow. Will have to google it to
see what it contained.
Steve
found the old timer’s gold pan – I wonder how many ounces of gold was panned in
it.
Back
to the van for a cuppa. 28 degrees on the sunny side of the van and 20 degrees
in the shade. Finished off the last of the hot cross buns – lovely treat.
Carol
has Ray’s cold now so she was resting up while Ray went off exploring.
I
wrote up my blog while Steve kept searching for that elusive gold. The wind is
picking up again.
Ray
came back with a little bit so after lunch we all headed back to his spot. Ray
was on the money again – he found 10 cents. I wandered over to a tree and got a
target straight away which was a little bit of gold. Unfortunately that was the
only bit that was found.
Back
to the van for drinks. Will move on tomorrow.
Not
as cold tonight.
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