Adam just out of curiosity did Mr. Carr give you power of attorney or his proxy to express how he must feel?  Something else that I have been wondering about is your post where you show a very nice nugget with your sluice box running.  Did you win that nugget in a raffle or did you buy it, because it looks mighty well polished for just coming out of the ground?  Also the quartz and gold specimen looks like it came straight from a hard rock mine, not a waterway.  Anyway could it be Adam that you became disgruntled when Kevin did not acknowledge your post " My small blue Gold pan is famous because..." and if so I apologize, and not on behalf of Kevin or anyone else, I just apologize.  Some people may not be aware of this but poking a hornets nest with a stick and flogging a dead horse are not activities normally associated with prospecting.  Yes a person has the right to express their opinion but when someone keeps crying wolf other people may start wondering if that person is all there or not.  Lets just get back to prospecting and having fun.          Ron   

  I thought Mr. Carr deserves an answer for his $3300 investment (good business). Waiting to get a question answered around here is more like a pile of horse bones instead of a dead horse.

 

   Cry Wolf or say good bye to the 1872 Mining Act...It's your choice.

 

  "Anyway could it be Adam that you became disgruntled when Kevin did not acknowledge your post " My small blue Gold pan is famous because..." and if so I apologize..."

 

   Ya I'm still crying about that. That really hurts.

 

  "Did you win that nugget in a raffle or did you buy it"...Ya, and I got this one from a gumball machine...

 

 

 

James,
yes the camps will be closed for this season while we compile and compare a great deal of information concerning overall cost verse use of the camps. Dur ing the last few years that camps have seen very little use during the winter months according to the LDMA sign in sheets yet cost have been extremely high for properties that are under utilized. This winter will give us a better overall view of the cost vs. Use and will allow us to make better plans for the use of the camps during what is considered the off months.
We have considered many alternatives including the one that you proposed. Until we can have a better 30,000 foot view it will be hard to create programs that will allow members to best utilize their benefits.
Please remember that the Loud Mine property is open year round and ready for members to pull in and members get to mining.

Thanks Kevin for responding. Hopefully in the future Vein Mountain will stay open in the winter.