Woke to a rainy day and found that Fred did not sleep well, the TV in the next room being too loud. I did not hear a thing.
At 11:00 AM we met and drove up to the Midnight Sun dome but the rain and wind made it a short visit. Then off to Dredge #4 which is a fine old huge machine for tearing up the landscape. An interesting electrically driven dredge that dug it's own pond as it went across the land and filled in behind itself as it crawled across the land at about 1/4 mile per season.
We then visited a placer mine which is a messy and destructive way to get gold out of the hills but about the only way it can be done here abouts. Had to wince just a little though as the operator described his operation as being beneficial to the environment. I suspect he believes that to be true.
I passed on the panning in the rain part. I've panned gold before.
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