The Trumpet Plant
Always associated with highly mineralized ground, a good sign that gold may be near by

The Trumpet Plant
With broken quartz

On top of a ridge, my car is center right,
red tint in foreground of picture
are Trumpet Plants

Senator Mountain - a dormant volcano

ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
Senator Mountain as seen from 4500 feet above sea level.  Can you spot my car?
It's in the center of the picture.

ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
The West Rim of the
Grand Canyon from 80 miles away

ON TOP OF THE WORLD!
Looking at Lake Mead where the Colorado River (right side of picture)
enters it from the Grand Canyon

Volcanic vent probably probably associated with ancient eruption of Senator Mountain

Me with my first nugget
1 gram - 1997 the bug has bit

Close up of a 1 gram nugget
a little bigger than the size of a
kitchen match head