For this weeks Show Us Your California contest by @socalsteemit I head up into the San Gabriel mountains to do some gold prospecting on the...
East Fork!!
Once again I headed up the East fork San Gabriel river for some gold prospecting! I hiked in to my usual camp and spent a few days camping and digging. On my way up I stopped and climbed up the east side of the Narrows to check out some old mines. There were a bunch of mines, but these mines are old placer mines that are dug into the ancient riverbed material. Unlike a hardrock mine the material is loose rocks and gravel which is way to dangerous for me to go in very far. Especially alone. But it was fun to see the mines, and the views overlooking the narrows were awesome!
Hiking up the East Fork
Hiking up the East Fork
In the Narrows
One of the mines above the Narrows
Another Mine
Overlooking the Narrows
I decided this trip I was going to go back to working the bedrock on the inside bend just above my camp. The bedrock on this bend is a bit interesting. It's mostly Green Pelona Schist, but there is a couple large veins of white jagged bedrock running through it as well. And at the white veins there is spring water gushing out from cracks in the bedrock. I'd previously (about a year or so ago) cleaned off most of the white bedrock areas and did pretty well. Lots of cracks and crevices that were filled with nice pickers! This time I decided to clean off the Schist bedrock just upstream from the veins of white bedrock. Unfortunately it was much smoother with almost no crevices. I cleaned it all off and still found some decent gold, but only really small flakes.
Prospecting
Standing on a small waterfall
Checking on the Iron Fork camp
East Fork
Cleaning off the Green Schist
On the hike out I decided to climb up and check out another old high trail above the east side of the narrows. This one led to some springs coming out of a huge cliff. I had to summon my inner mountain goat to get up there but it was way awesome! After exploring the high trail I headed back down to the river and then hiked back down the river to the trailhead.
Old rattlesnake skin
Views from the high trail
Selfie on the cliff
Fresh spring water coming straight out of the cliff
On the high trail
Descending from the high trail
Passing Big Boulder
Swan Rock
Back at the trailhead
The Gold
Until next time...
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Looks like a great trip... too bad the bedrock was smooth this time but still looks like good gold to me 😃
Yep, it was some really good gold. Just nothing big. But the little stuff adds up too!
You see the "standing on a small waterfall" pic? I'm planning to divert that little waterfall this summer and dig out the base of it. I'm hoping it's gonna pay off!
Awesome! Sounds like a good time and I hope the reward will be worth the effort!
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Sweet!! Thank you @LivingUKTaiwan.
I'm wondering, do you ever sleep at home? 😂
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It happens from time to time. lol. 😜
Any day you get a bit more gold is a good day.
Yep! Every little flake all keeps adding up in the vile!
Man looks like a great time outside. Congrats on bit of gold but sure the fun was just being out there.
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Yep! You know it. The gold is just the frosting on the cake.
Looks like a ya got a little there, sweet! Got another friend owns a couple mines out there. Not sure on the exact area though.
That's awesome. I'd love to get my own mining claim someday.