Ray Mine Report

[mitch]

I decided to take advantage of the break in the weather and check out the Ray this past Sunday. It was a beautiful day but cold...around 20 degrees when I first arrived. The spoil piles were frozen solid and it took nearly an hour to get through the frozen stuff so I could start my searching. It was great to be able to get out after all of the bad weather. Just a word to anyone who is planning a trip up there. When they plowed the road they pushed the snow right up to the entrance to the forest service parking area and it created a dirt and gravel hump that cars and regular pick-up trucks will not clear...I know by the scraping sound that my truck did not have quite enough clearance. I managed to shovel a couple of inches of the frozen dirt and gravel off the top to allow me a way out without scraping the bottom of the truck again. Here are a few pics of my finds from Sunday.

[writerman2255]

Nice stuff. Very brave. I used to do that years ago too. Now it's a 45 degree rule! I think, Ryan, that around the middle of Feb. around here, it's going to get that warm, so we can go to The Tree then! T.

[mitch]

Rick informed me that my photos were infected with a virus. I apologize if anyone's computer was infected with a virus. I used image shack to upload my pics this time so this could be the problem.