Rod Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Been traveling around Colorado. Beautiful state with a rich mining history. In Telluride now for a few days. Just chilling out after 7 days of camping and being off grid here and there. Been visiting national parks and mining country. Prospecting and detecting in national parks is not allowed. Colorado has lots of country to beep and prospect. Endless mines and hiking. Hope you are all staying cool wherever you are. Getting back on the road soon. Life is good. Enjoy the pics... No visible gold but screams on the Gold Bug. Lots of pyrite showing. Gold and pyrite do run together so we'll know more when we crush it. Nice molybdenum specimen. Some cubic pyrites. My daughter and I at the Old 100. Very cool tour with neat history. A nice quartz slab with gold and pyrites someone had at the Old 100. Met some kids from Missouri on the Old 100 tour who wanted to see some "real gold" so we showed them some. Inside the Old 100. Massive pegmatites in gneiss and schist at the Black Canyon of the Gunnision national park. Only 2,500 feet down to the river. Lots of great photo opportunities here. Hiking the Black Canyon. 3 pics from La Plata Canyon. A great mining history here. Met two guys while hiking who had sluices and pans who were on their way somewhere. Once we began talking gold they had to leave all the sudden. Think they were worried about their honey hole being discovered. Can't blame them for being cautious. Big mudslides below Sawpit and Placerville. It's rained every afternoon. Sometimes it's light, other times very heavy. 3 off road pics. Lots of opportunity for those who wander. A nice morning in Telluride. Edited July 17, 2018 by Rod Clarifications 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geof_junk Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Liked your photo and the landscape it showed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
way2cool Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thanks for those photo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendo Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Was just in Colorado last weekend, but was just passing thru. One thing I ran into, was all the knuckleheads from Denver. They can't drive worth a sh!t Hendo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMPDLN Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Super nice post Rod. Looks like you kids are having a blast up there. Keep having fun and stay safe with all the unpredictable weather. Don't want you kids to get caught up in any kind of slide up that way. Everything is so vertical you don't get much warning when something above breaks loose. We'll do dinner after you all return. Now that we are getting monsoons, we have to plan a trip like last year with the whole crew. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted July 18, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Excellent pictures and info Rod. Sounds like a great trip. Wishing you and the family a ton of fun & Prospecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 That’s my home country. Love the pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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