On the neighbor's new claim, Pharaoh's Tomb #1, that he purchased from us. I helped him get set up with his new equipment and we ran the drywasher for about an hour. Jerry was quite pleased with the coarse gold on the Pharaoh's Tomb properties, as he is used to finding only flour gold while dredging in the rivers around Denver.

A happy new claim owner, Jerry Jones, was headed for China after catching sight of the first nugget on his claim, Pharaoh's Tomb # 1. (these pictures are included with his permission)

Jerry's inspiration! The first nugget peeking out of the drywasher riffles.

These nuggets also panned out of the drywasher concentrates after one hour's digging on Jerry's new claim.

Gary Olson and his friend Keith, both from Missouri finally made it down to work the Pharaoh's Tomb #4, which Gary had purchased from us some time ago. The weather was great and we had a FANTASTIC time! The pictures of the gold in the pan is just SOME of what came out of 12 five gallon buckets half full. (All of these pictures are used with the permission of Gary Olson and Keith)

The biggest nugget didn't even make it into the drywasher as Gary's buddy spotted it the second he popped it out of a clay filled crevace in the bedrock with his screwdriver. It is quite an exquisite specimen 24K gold with a tiny quartz crystal inclusion on one end and a hematite / ozmiridium crystal inclusion in the other end.