Here’s hoping all of you had a great Independence Day or Canada Day!
Big stuff happening at the mine. I may have mentioned that we were looking into getting a magnetometer survey done. We just finished it up and are looking forward to the results.
Just in case you don’t know, basically a magnetometer survey will show us where there are concentrations of black sand, and where there’s black sand, there is usually…..GOLD.
We have 160 acres of claims, we realized that we could spend the next 30 years digging test holes and never find the best stuff. Also because of the terrain and the Forest Service regulations we can’t have a drilling program. The magnetometer was our best bet. Now, to find someone to do it!
Turned out that most companies were not really interested in a small job like ours, they would either not answer me at all or set the price so high that it was unrealistic. Then, I ran across an article about Pioneer Exploration out of Canada being the first outfit to do a Magnetometer Survey with a Drone system that they designed themselves. I figured a place like that wouldn’t give me the time of day; but their founder, Micheal Burns, wrote me right back, and on a Sunday no-less. They gave us a reasonable quote, and we set a date.
It was decided that the best way to do the survey was on foot with a backpack magnetometer.
Michael Burns getting geared up
These guys walked a 20 meter spaced grid over the entire 160 acres through some of the of the most unforgiving terrain imaginable. They got stung by hornets, had to repel across the creek, walked straight up and down in some places, and had no bear protection whatsoever. They were supposed to take seven days to do it. They did it in four.
As you can tell, we are thrilled to have found these guys! I can’t wait to see the data they come up with.