The rumors about everything being removed and/or sold at a sheriff auction seem to be unfounded. I went out to the site today. There was nobody out there and I didn't want to go past the 'no trespassing' sign. But I got some pictures outside the gate.
The trommel I saw last fall is still there along with the grizzly screen and the conveyor belts. I couldn't see if there was a gravity separator / sluice box on the far side of the trommel, but that's where is should be. That is essentially the entire processing plant you would need for a placer operation. I've seen better equipment, but I've also seen worse.
There were two track hoe excavators, two dump trucks and some other utility trucks. I don't know what kind of shape they are in but that's the equipment you would need for mining. There isn't a man-camp but there are enough pre-fabs for office and living quarters to support an operation this size.
There is also a lot of processed over-size material stacked to the east. Hard to say how long it has been there but somebody has run that trommel in the recent past.
Not trying to pick a fight with anyone, but this looks like a potential mining operation that could be started up if somebody showed up with some working capital and an operating plan. There might not be anything gong on, but the site didn't look abandoned.
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