Steel Pan 327 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 This time, no partners. They can be a real pain in the arse.The old claim was hard to maintain without the co-claimants help, but I did it.This time I ain't relying on anybody else to help out.At least now I'm working for myself. Amazin' how you can think you know somebody just to have it turn out wherethey are real lame in the participation dept.Don't watch me dig a hole and then expect to play in it, it's MY hole. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MacGump 113 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Partnerships are the ships that don't sail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,581 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Funny how they go missing come time to pay the Fee's ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick in Havasu 394 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 You go Pan........Patrick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Tons a au 2 u 2-John to no split...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boulder dash 1,244 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Enjoy your new freedom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steel Pan 327 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 I have already discovered a lava bench with stream gravels on top. The faceof bench runs exposed for about 80 ft. I need to get up there and sample along the bench to see what, if anything,shows up. Heck, lookin' is half the fun, ain't it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Congrats! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Au Seeker 3,173 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 SP, good luck with your new claim, it's always better to be the only decision maker and benefactor of the end results!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steel Pan 327 Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 After detailed examination, the "bench" is actually a sedimentary formation that is standing on edge withstream gravels on top. Up stream about 100 ft. is a basalt flow. My current goal is to find the contact zonebetween the sedimentary and basalt flow. The stream gravels are covering the zone with about 8' of overburden.At this point the gravels seem to have been laid down after the basalt flow.I did some sampling on the bench and did find color. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Here's to finding the first color: SA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steel Pan 327 Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 Another observation I made while walking the stream.It appears that the places where there is water in the stream bedare places where the bedrock is closer to the surface. Otherwise,the stream is actually flowing underground. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,581 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Not when the Rains Come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 855 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I made the same observation about the agua fria river North of Lake Pleasant in some of the GPAA claims. The water on the bedrock was stagnant for the most part, but south of Gillette I saw it flow a little to the south. I did read in one of the geological reports that river "flows underground," but I imagine it just a gallon or two a minute, not quite the flow I thought an underground river would have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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