I am planning to upload a lot of pictures and write a lot more too.  I will probably need to wait until I get back home for most of them though because they limit our internet here in Dawson and there is none most of the way here!

We are happy we have started drilling on my hill top claims now…..well not today….we are waiting for parts today!  They are flying parts in from Edmonton …then I can drill some more!  I have been finding small flakes of gold in the drill cuttings…sometimes as many as 20 flakes!!!!  It is looking pretty good!

It has been a slow start.  I bought the drill from Bill Jones in Corpus Christi Texas.  He calls his company JEDI drilling.  He did a very poor job on his part of the bargain!  He shorted me on drill stems, he didn’t service the machine as agreed, he charged me for repairs he did not do.  I have to believe George Lucas would not like to share the Jedi name with him!  If George Lucas performed that poorly we would never have seen any of his movies much less the next Star Wars!

OK enough of that!  I repaired the drill at great expense and am getting done what I need to do.

Kathy and I are getting in great shape walking all over the claims and hills.  We have been finding the claim posts for the claims…so I drill in the right place.  The hills are quite high and steep, but the tundra is the most challenging.  Imagine walking on a soggy very soft foam mattress, with a whole bunch of low vines and brush to trip you.  Oh yes life is good!  After a while the mosquito bites don’t really itch that much.

I drilled 72 feet deep on this hole!

I know this sounds like a dream vacation to you ladies out there!  Sorry I’m taken!

You can see the Yukon river behind us. It is a great view from the claims!