Fall has fallen. Frost warnings.

Seems like every September the weather decides to go cold a few weeks in. Still in the fire season, but this jet stream dip brought us fresh air & hopefully is pushing the fire back where it burned already.

Opal is where you find it. Every mine has different layers of similar things, or not physically.

I will say for the campground signal tree turning orange its about right. The horseflies go away and the rest of the bugs will follow with real ice for a couple days later.

Shhhh overburden tailings

Looking North towards Pueblo Mtn from Rock Springs Table flank. We had a 2.0 earthquake next to Railroad Point by Denio a couple days ago. No damages. I did not even feel it on the other side of the fault, if I could have felt it at the time. Most of the swarms in the past were around Bitner Butte over by Massacre Lake 25 miles west of the Royal Peacock Mine.

South Pueblo Mtns

Nothing new was shaken down the ridge as far as I could see, besides some gully walls collapsing into their channels.

Location Monument for the Ours

This is a location marker.

A simple picture on a cell phone proves I am not lying and mailing in a map. In court, any evidence & a reputation win out over no evidence and an excuse. Wish it would get over so he could pay me bills. Never see the interest back or the sales made that he’s scared away by making this place seem scary over the decades.

That is a partition claim going down open space in between other claims, until my neighbor can figure out where his posts actually go, the other neighbors and I match the maps. I have a great idea where they cant be and we covered that end of the hill, on this end of it LOL. Oh, and he is direct competition if he continues to to sell 2 of his three claims like he mentioned. No paid advice was sought by him. I pointed out opal bank on three ends out of friendship. Scott & I are mining the other side of what was Curts’ hill currently and we are still new friends.

Amethyst Sage Agate butt of very fine quality, other side flat
Porcelain Jasper
Amazonite vein
Yellow Red Jasper

Crazy Lace Agate & North Point Plume
And as always, domed opals keep coming.
Chrysocholla worth looking at closely.

For special digs by appointment only. Clubs welcome at group discount of 25%.

Frothy selenite crystals grow in air slacking cavities. 2$ a pound until gone.

I also get so botroidal barites, I think. They glow good in UV light a yellow with orange to white range. And no I do not do fee digging on the pockets I have found to sell claims with. The fee digs are set up for tourists.