• The high desert mountains of Arizona, but where is the gold?
  • Look at this schist.... a good sign
  • Looking for the 4 signs of where to start looking for gold.  Is that a quartz outcropping over t
  • Schist that is vertical meaning uplift a million or so years ago
  • Looks like a few glory holes have been dug around here.  That's always a good sign.
  • Look at those skies
  • Getting close to Cleator, good thing my guide is driving
  • Ahhh, schist and deeper reddish color, need to find redder dirt
  • Getting closer still to Cleator
  • Here it is,....... the town of Cleator
  • Thar's gold in them-thair hills
  • The VERY BUMPY Road from Cleator to the gold prospecting areas
  • Look at that wash, very interesting ... is there gold in there?   ............... no
  • Here is a dried up stream bed, is there gold in there?
  • Which stream bed are we following?
  • Even if I don't find gold today, the scenery will have been worth it.
  • Another stream bed, is there gold in this one?
  • Wonder what the heck that is?
  • Bob says the quartz outcropping and horizontal schist is important.......... Do we dig yet?
  • It's a long way down even though the camera doesn't catch the dimentions from up here.
  • Oh my gosh, quartz everywhere, Let's follow it up the hill............ no?  Why not?
  • Oh my!!! Found my first two nuggets in the whole world, just a few feet from each other.  Got to
  • Here they are from a different angle
  • Here Bob, you take a picture from your angle!!!
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