This being our first outing Things were a little rough in the beginning. We were a little slow informing members of times and dates and location. But when it got rolling everything smoothed out and fell into place. 

We were granted access to a private claim, and were allowed prospecting rights for the day. *thanks jim* We also hauled in dirt from secret locations for members to pan and our common dig. These locations could become new WPA claims in the future. 

Members worked the pile of dirt till there was nothing left of it and we put all the gold and pickers in to vials and divided it up among all who participated. Members also got a tour of a working commercial placer operation and the remnants of an old one (The rock creek dredge). 

We also had a great meal the club provided hamburgers hot dogs soda chips and beans. A big thank you to the members who contributed to the meal with side dishes and deserts every thing was delicious. 

Everybody chipped in to help with the clean up of concentrates. (even the dog) 
"Hay how can I rough pan these cons with a dog in the tub" 
You notice he is on a leash and the owner seems preoccupied at my expense 
*thanks jim* (snicker) 

Well after getting the cons cleaned up everybody got to ogle over the gold. 
We ended up with a nice pan of gold with around 6 pickers. One at the right edge of the pan in the pic above was call the "banana picker". 

It was a lot of fun seeing that much gold all in one place. 
It was also a confirmation that the new claim areas we are working on got good gold on them. I was happy to see the gold because even with all the sample pans we took you never know what you got for sure till you work the dirt and clean up the high bankers. I hope next year we can do even better. 
 
 

We hope you will join us next year it will be great fun!!