Posted By JOEBOB FECTEAU on 12 Aug 2016 04:45 PM
Hi just got back, there is lots of water for sluicing and the like I ran a high banker, set up a catchment set up and it worked great. I ran 2\3 of a yard of material and found lead shot and other heavies but no gold :-( but I have a little material to run still. My boys and I had fun playing in the creek and camping.

As far as finding the claim once you get to 1.5 miles in on the left there is a big pine tree with a orange band around it. I be leave this is the eastern side give or take. Keep going and when you get to a small opening in the woods with a dried up creek bed and some gravel piles to the right stay left and follow the road you will be there will be 3 left hand roads each one to a camp ground with the last being the largest and the last 2 you can drive right up to the creek. not sure about Lulu bell claim, it seems that it is in the GPAA claim. according to my GPS and the cords in the book I see some discrepancy's those 3 campsites are right after the 2nd Lulu bell claim sign so??? Anyhow the 2nd site has a gpaa book page stapled to a tree. The sites are nice and the road is not that bad all wheel drive will have no problem but anything lower that a crv or santefi could be iffy. 2 wheel drive truck would be fine if it was dry.
Hope this helped happy mining.

Highbankers are not legal unless you are 100 yards from the creek .Just don't get caught running it .No mechanical equipment with in 100 yards from any creek.

Joseph Loyd I looked all over the Gold and Fish Guide for WA and could not find the 100 yds from the creek in it? is that reg for Washington? thanks for the heads up, there,s lots of regs that get missed and leave folks confused.

Great directions, and info on claim. Sure to help a lot of folks. Thanks.

          ***No mechanical equipment within 100 yards of a creek***

I heard Solar powered Highbankers with batteries are being used on the creeks in California...So would a Solar powered Highbanker count as 'mechanical equipment' ?

 Or is it that Solar (battery) powered sluice boxes & Highbankers don't make any noise at all...And the Rangers don't see or hear them??? 

Posted By JEFF STONE on 12 Aug 2016 11:53 PM
Great directions, and info on claim. Sure to help a lot of folks. Thanks.

I thought you were in CA .Sorry.

 

Posted By ADAM ANDREWS on 13 Aug 2016 11:13 AM

          ***No mechanical equipment within 100 yards of a creek***

I heard Solar powered Highbankers with batteries are being used on the creeks in California...So would a Solar powered Highbanker count as 'mechanical equipment' ?

 Or is it that Solar (battery) powered sluice boxes & Highbankers don't make any noise at all...And the Rangers don't see or hear them??? 

No pumps.That is the problem .Yes I know some that are using them .I have one set up outside as a recirc system.

Thanks for all the info you provided Joebob. I am sure most are like me if they are here, and hate to go into an area completely blind.

Glad to help, if anyone finds anything post a pic I'd love to see some color from up there.