Tevis Forum 2011

TEVIS FORUM 2011 ★ 63 TEVIS F 201 � to our Tevis Forum Benefactors! Mike and Tish Pickett Barbara and Doug White Connie Creech � Roger Yohe � Linda Glazier Bob and Joan Marx � Bill and Jean Pieper Penny and Jerry Scribner Joanne Hoefler � Dave Walters Tony Benedetti in honor of SH Fargo and Ibn Gallante Eugene and Mary Freeland and Family Rho Bailey � Robert H. Sydnor Gary V. and Judy Hall Michael and Allison Turner Thank You It was difficult to keepwater out of the hole beingworked. Only four men could work at a time and two were engaged with throwing out water from the hole. Another man would throw back the material that caved in from the sides of the trench. The fourth man would mine the rich material. Ob- servers saw the gold on the sides of the trench in apparent hands-full while waiting for the men working it to get it out. Reports indicate that the claim could only be readied for op- eration during three hours a day for the either days on which it was carried on, and a yield of $4,600 was reported for this period in 1851. In the following years water and cave-in conditions made work difficult to keep the operation going. At one time the claim was worked to a depth of 90 feet and in placed 60 feet wide with many thousands of dollars of gold recovered. However, men working the operation stated the work was dangerous because of large heavy wedge-shaped masses of limestone which were embedded in the deep gravel deposit. There was thought that had there been a good method of working the Big Crevice, that it might have yielded over a million dollars in gold production. Although an attempt was made by a Sacramento company prior to 1880 to drive pipes into the Big Crevice and work the gravel there were no other known attempts to derive more gold. � In Honor of Claude Pacheco Friend, horseman, veterinarian You are missed, Claude, you are missed MEMORIUM BY DAVE WALTERS Store TEVIS www.teviscup.org click on Tevis Store; check out the sale! BOOKS POSTERS MAP POLO SHIRTS T-SHIRTS CAPS CUPS CHAIRS TANK TOPS DENIM LONG SLEEVE DENIM SLEEVELESS SWEATSHIRTS WINDBREAKERS DECALS WATER BOTTLES LICENSE PLATE HOLDERS MUGS COASTERS BLANKETS Sale ! to our Tevis Forum Benefactors! Mike and Tish Pickett Barbara and Doug White Connie Creech � Roger Yohe � Linda Glazier Bob and Joan Marx � Bill and Jean Pieper Penny and Jerry Scribner Joanne Hoefler � Dave Walters Tony Benedetti in honor of SH Fargo and Ibn Gallante Eugene and Mary Freeland and Family Rho Bailey � Robert H. Sydnor Gary V. and Judy Hall Michael and Allison Turner Thank You . ll hile wa ting for the men working it to get it out. Reports indic te that the claim could only b readied for operatio during three hours a day for the either days on which it was carried on, an a yield of $4,600 was reported for this period in 1851. I t f ll i rs t r c -i c iti s r iffic lt t ee t e erati i . t e ti e t e clai as orke to a e th of 90 feet an in lace 60 feet ide ith any thousands of dollars of gold recovered. o ever, en orking the operation stated the ork as dangerous because of large heavy edge-shaped asses of li estone hich ere e bedded in the deep gravel deposit. There was thought that had there been a good method of working the Big Crevice, that it might have yielded over a million dollars in gold production. Although an attempt was made by a Sacramento company prior to 1880 to drive pipes into the Big Crevice and work the gravel there were no other known attempts to derive more gold. ★ In Honor of l Friend, horse a , t ri ri You are missed, Clau e, you are issed E R U D L E