I headed up to our claim today to check on the access roads. ?Needless to say our winter snowfall has made it a bit difficult to reach the claim. ?This picture is still more than 5 miles from the claim.
The weather was perfect though, so I decided to go over to the Greenwater River area and look around for some Blue Opal. ?Once again I was stopped by snow. ?This spot is still a quarter of a mile short of where I wanted to be.
I was ready to give up and head home, when I came around the corner and met up with Woody and Kathy.
They were here for a field trip put on by the Kitsap Gem and Mineral Society. ?We talked it over and decided that a short hike over the snow wouldn’t be out of order. ?We put our boots on and grabbed our gear and headed out. ?Once we got to the opal site we were greeted with a snow free zone.
I went up, Kathy went down and Woody went exploring. ?I scratched the dirt in a few places and managed to find a few small pieces of green jasper and two very small chips of partially blue opal.
I continued up the hill and finally located an old seam of black jasper. ?Digging around near it I was able to break off a piece or two. ?Not knowing if it would be worth hauling out I only kept a couple of pieces, before heading back to the road and meeting up with Woody and Kathy. ?Kathy found the best one of the day, and after admiring it we headed back to the trucks.
Over all we probably didn’t spend more that an hour at this spot, but it was great to get out and enjoy the day.
Here is the biggest pieces I found.
Thanks for joining us.
chasfire