>>767932I have no idea really, Carolin shut down in '84 in part due to poor gold returns, if they were getting poor returns with their bulldozers and drills and machinery I doubt we'll have any luck with our bare hands or even a decent tool belt. NCGC has posted pictures of small gold nuggets in the tailings pond slightly further up the mountain from the mill (only accessible with a great 4x4 and some offroading skill, watched a modern Toyota Tundra get stuck trying on Saturday).
That's one of the more peculiar things about all of this, I don't know how the mining world operates, or what New Carolin Gold Corps plans are for this land, but it does seem odd that a massive tailings pond with evidence of recent gold findings is completely unguarded 363 days out of the year.
I'm just in it for the thrill and adrenaline rush of being alone kilometers inside of a pitch black mountain.
