The New 49'ers

Happy new year all. Hope we have a great year prospecting, mining and metal detecting. Thank you to all who contribute to this forum.

Mike

Hey Merry Christmas to you too C W. All the best fellow prospectors.

Mike

Hi Jim. Hope you have a great thanksgiving. I’m thankful for a great friend like you and all my fellow prospectors.
My family will be gathering at my house in a couple days.

Mike

Thanks Dave. We should continue to pay attention to our well developed and hard earned intuition. Especially when it comes to government and of more recent years, new, influential and extremely powerful corporations.

Mike

We have just opened Highway 199 to through traffic.
There will be a controlled stop at the Collier Tunnel as the lights inside it are out and there is smoke.

Fires are still burning througout the area. Drive carefully.

Mike

I’ve been helping man the closure point on Highway 199, California side, off and on as we take breaks from the worst of the smoke in the fire zone. Talking with firefighters from over the hill, on the Happy Camp side, we hear how you folks have gone through hell. Many have lost all. We are sure sorr...

On the California side of the local mountains we set up traffic control early in the morning and brought in the various equipment and people to open Highway 199. Extremely dense smoke, which has set in for days, has prevented the safe removal of burned and burning trees from along the highway. While...

We at Caltrans will be trying to open Highway 199 to controlled traffic today. To this point the smoke and fire along the the highway has been too dangerous for the public in general. We are bringing in tree fallers and heavy equipment from our crews, a couple Smith River N F hotshot crews are here ...

Public Land Closure Effective TODAY Forest Regional Order 20-10 (No Trespassing on California Public Lands managed by USDA Forest Service) Regional Order No. 20-10 USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Emergency Closure Order Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 551 and 36 C.F.R. 261.50(a) and (b), and to p...

It’s my understanding all the national forests of California have been closed to the general public as of yesterday afternoon.

Mike