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And the weekend, finally, Saturday and Sunday off and I've access to a vehicle.
First things first. A few adventures on unexplored FSR's, to places thus far unseen. "Prospecting". Some great views, but - as far as the FSR Roadside prospecting goes no great discoveries.
The best, this, the waterfall:
I hadn't consulted the claims maps so this, tempting as it is, I'll have to let it go.
Then on to another spot, where I had a fine pegmatite underway, some smoky quartz, black tourmaline, mica of good crystal shape and habit.
This road, I'd been up, what? 3 years ago? Before the car troubles. Bloody hell. Anyways, this road, halfway up it's been deactivated. I mean - seriously.
And deactivation takes no time up here at all.
I make it to the destination, but I'm going to have to stop this, before I become a "Marty Supreme", before I ruin a friendship with another lost vehicle in the bush....
The pegmatite, I explore, break rocks, a few more tiny aquamarine crystals, some gemmy garnets, a few I don't recognize. Like the glistening red crystals, which could be garnet but the shape and lustre seem off...
I get my USB microscope out and examine at the library (because my MacBook Air does not recognize it). Still uncertain, and annoyed that the USB microscope doesn't allow levels of Zoom.
Images below:
It only strikes me that it has an unusual lustre and doesn't by crystal habit appear to be garnet or anything else I'm familiar with.
The aquamarines, max 1 cm, they aren't worth the photographing.
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Sunday, to pan for gold, on the creeks feeding Sheep Creek behind Salmo.
First, visit the mine:
It has, of course, seen better days. From here off to dip a pan in a few of the tributaries, attempt a few more FSR, most of which have been deactivated. The exposures of rock, basalts, heavily metamorphosed granites, quartzites, quartz, all bedded together, turned black, yellow, orange & red with minerals, bedded at 90 degree angles, this is the stuff they were mining, this is where the gold is...
All roads up this mountain are overgrown again, there is no way to the top save abandoning the vehicle and going on a 12 KM bushwack.
Find a few other FSR heading south, explore them, more of the same rock, this rock, intriguing, holds promise but I would need to check the claims, the hard-rock ones, the ore needs be dug and crushed but you can see the glistening pyrites, the dark veins of galena, silver...
Ore carts, still suspended...
An unknown grave high up the mountainside. A child? Recent? and if so, what with the pick-axe?
And so it concludes the day...great ground, but need a means to access. And the gold, well, the creeks being largely claimed means it's inaccessible, so review the MTO and see if any of the hard-rock options are open (I doubt); there is still treasure to be found but whether it will reward the work...
News, Jason, Bikers, Etc.
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So, no news is generally good news. There was the Fox interview with a vice admiral Robert Harward, only it wasn't, it was someone wearing a hyperrealistic latex mask, you could see the seam flapping on his chest.
Fox News of course denies it.
Watch the video here and make up your own mind.
Then there's the news via Facebook that Jason, who ran the Magic Hippy bus at the ferry landing; read between the lines and you understand, the second such death in a month, the other, someone I knew to see but otherwise not at all.
There's a mental health epidemic at the moment.
On Facebook as well there's the warnings about all the various homeless people arriving in town, summer regulars, just like the tourists, only a lot of them are trouble, warnings to watch your children/wives/possessions, etc. Where were they up until now? Who knows, rehab, asylums, jail, in the country... But Nelson is the friendliest town and where a lot of them want to spend summer, and summer, well, it's here.
The Memorial Weekend, lots of out of towners, midnight, out for a cigarette, a couple of Bikers riding down the highway, surprised at a red light, the first one drops it in a mighty fine shower of sparks, the second one wobbles and goes down as well. It looks painful, and sounds worse by the cussing, but they manage to get back on and ride it to the curb to inspect for damage so probably not too bad...
More stuff to the Antique shop, it's all selling he tells me, mighty pleased, myself as well, but I haven't yet seen a dime...
And books to the bookstore and I'm going to have to make this inheritable - pass the credit on to my children; I will never live to read as many books as I have credit amassed already and there are dozens if not hundreds of boxes to go...
And yet as well to see a dime on my buttons and ties, that may have been a poor move trusting *** but we'll see.
The Candidate...
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There's a new candidate in town, and he's running for office.
A full on wing-nut. I've become somewhat addicted to his Facebook page.
He live-streams 2 or more hours a day, complete stream of consciousness unencumbered by self awareness or thought; the other day he was on some tear about women's "Milkers"; another is about how someone ordered a Mental Health Wellness check for him (Police came to the door to check), then there was his ad up on Facebook looking for:
This is of course just the beginning; his whole page is nothing but torrents of conspiracy theories, alternative economics, anti-vax rhetoric. It's delightful, I follow a few just like him, easier to follow than to know...
And yes, I'd love nothing better than to share a link but it's a small town and who knows, he could end up being the next mayor...
Nirvana: The Band The Show
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And my daughter got me on to this, a series of shorts by a couple of Toronto friends. The first few were hard to swallow, but they got funnier. I'm debating "Season 2" - but - hey, when an entire season is shorter than your average Hollywood movie these days it might be next.
What I find most inspiring is the Indie spirit - that anyone with enough drive and a loose script can go out and make entertainment - and in some cases succeed.
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