Cajon Summit Group AKA, CRYSTAL, OT IAFKAS 1, OT IAFKAS 2, BILLY GRUFF, HARD DIGGING

I used the center numbers to navigate there. Decided that since I have never been to this claim I would need to sample it first. I pulled out the Sample Bags and geared up with a hand pick, scoop, and gloves. first I took samples from the eastern most ravine in some bright orange dirt, Nothing
took samples from the 2nd ravine and the 3 ravine working back west from the parking area and working up the ravines, brought it all back to the truck and set up the recirculating sluice and ran the material, panned the cons and low and behold I found some color only. about 6 specks in a hole right by the spot I was parked in someone's old dig spot. no knowing this claim the best thing to do is sample sample sample. so next visit I will take on the next ravine and work each one again sampling until I find something worth working on. the material was VERY COMPACT AND TOOK ALOT OF TIME TO EVEN GET A BUCKET SIZED SAMPLE. so expect to work when at the claim. hard dirt. I see a lot of opportunity on this claim for the good stuff. I see others have made nugget traps on each ravine and that was cool. maybe later they will have some in them however I did not find any gold in the samples above them in this area. I will go back and sample some more next time. small gold specks were coarse and yellow.

This is from a half bucket I panned out, i found some small flakes and it was fun panning this stuff out, nice black sand and a lot of iron....

GAVE A SHOT AT THE SUMMITT CLAIMS

read Charles report about the sandy load and wanted to add my findings as his pic was perfect for me to direct other club members to the area with the Gold - the X's show where the Gold is NOT.
I took a friend up a few weeks ago and the temps were 108 way to hot and this is where we sampled- if you go there you will see our test holes. we did good testing. very minimal gold only a speck or two here and there. NOT WORTH THE EFFORT
I hope this helps you be a more productive prospector on this claim- It's a great claim with lots of fine and flakes. you may even find a picker here or there.
now " GET THE GOLD!!"


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Hit up Summit claims again - went to a new spot in the lower level area around the Shadow load areas and found a comfortable spot to set up the Gold Cube Trommel and work some dirt. I Dowsed the area and found some promising ground. I set up the wash plant and Joe started to dig.