2012 MINE PICTURES

   Prospecting in Columbia Mining District                 
  TUOLUMNE SUNSHINE MINE .                                              GOLD IN QUARTZ   ...............

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Pliocene Fossil       Yolo County Rock Chronicles Episode 3

Oat Creek Camel    Yolo County Rock Chronicles Episode 2 

Goodnow Slough Petrified Wood       Yolo County Rock Chronicles Episode 1 

Rock Hound Spirits Yolo County Rock Chronicles Episode 4 

Tuolumne Sunshine Mine Pictures 2008 

North Face Tunnel 2010  Photographs

2010 & 2011 Mine Photographs.............

Clarks Gulch Photograpgs 

2012 Mine Pictures

Ice Box Mine pictures 2013

2014 Ice Box Mine Fire Pictures

2015 Prospecting Pictures

Search for Gold in Quartz near Columbia, California 

An  old camp trailer that we got from the miner's next to us is working out just fine after a few repairs and cleaning. 

Tuolumne County Photographs........................................

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Sunset from the camp trailer in August .......

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I have been exploring this section of the mine, an area
that has some virgin ground about 100 feet into the
mountain.................

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The road at this part of the mine is very steep

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This is our new and improved ore testing lab,

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Using the Gold Hunter test kit for field testing
small samples..................

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This is the next tunnel on the vein going down
the mountain.................................................................

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Rock outcrop across the South Fork Stanislaus River
Canyon, very rough terrain............................................

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Quartz from the vein............

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Looking up the road to top of ridge.......
 

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Looking down the 4x4 road.......

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Evening sky  at 3000 feet above sea level...

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Nature's display of colors...............................................

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High clouds at sunset in Tuolumne......

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The winter snow in the high country of the Stanislaus
National Forest has signaled the end of the 2013 
prospecting season. I am looking forward to many
2014 prospecting adventures in the historic Columbia
mining district of California,,,,   ride'in with Lady Luck ! !

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