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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 303299" data-attributes="member: 367">The locals there almost depend on this event and other tourism.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We drilled a wellfield at the school down there one summer and I got to know an old broke gold prospector that I'm guessing was in his mid to late 60s but he looked like he was 90.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; He was interested in what we were doing and was telling about of a big gold nugget found close to the location by a crew putting in a power pole and how this was supposedly the richest valley in the world and he went on and on.&nbsp; &nbsp; I told him to bring his pans and see what's here so I'd shovel the the top 40' of drill cuttings to the side and he came every morning and pan them, Then it was every other day and when he didn't find any gold but there were a lot of small red ruby pieces Mostly small and round but also some bigger jagged chunks and pieces that we were grinding up with the bit. &nbsp;Anyway he didn't have two nickles to rub together to show for his wealth of knowledge .&nbsp;&nbsp; Eventually he quit showing up at the job site when he didn't find anything,&nbsp; Then when biker week came around I was sitting out on a bench along the street and here he comes down the sidewalk leading his donkey with a backpack and all his mining tools.&nbsp;&nbsp; He stopped and visited and was selling pictures with who ever wanted a picture with him and his donkey and was making money hand over fist.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 303299, member: 367"] The locals there almost depend on this event and other tourism. We drilled a wellfield at the school down there one summer and I got to know an old broke gold prospector that I'm guessing was in his mid to late 60s but he looked like he was 90. He was interested in what we were doing and was telling about of a big gold nugget found close to the location by a crew putting in a power pole and how this was supposedly the richest valley in the world and he went on and on. I told him to bring his pans and see what's here so I'd shovel the the top 40' of drill cuttings to the side and he came every morning and pan them, Then it was every other day and when he didn't find any gold but there were a lot of small red ruby pieces Mostly small and round but also some bigger jagged chunks and pieces that we were grinding up with the bit. Anyway he didn't have two nickles to rub together to show for his wealth of knowledge . Eventually he quit showing up at the job site when he didn't find anything, Then when biker week came around I was sitting out on a bench along the street and here he comes down the sidewalk leading his donkey with a backpack and all his mining tools. He stopped and visited and was selling pictures with who ever wanted a picture with him and his donkey and was making money hand over fist. [/QUOTE]

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