Photos

Gallery From The Claim

Explore scenes from the cut, camp, cleanup days, mountain weather, and the gold that comes out of the ground.

At The Claim

Surface work, claim roads, trucks, loaders, excavators, and the day-to-day equipment that moves pay gravel.

Surface equipment lined up on the claim under cloudy skies.
Loader carrying a full bucket of material across the claim.
Excavator cutting into a trench on the surface claim.
Excavator parked and working on the claim from the side.
Excavator loading material into a haul truck.
Trucks and equipment parked at camp.
Open cut with visible claim wall and excavation below.
Loader parked on the claim at dusk.
Two excavators working across a muddy placer cut.
Wide panoramic view of the surface placer worksite.
Semi truck and support vehicles parked near camp.
Blue recovery equipment and sluice setup at work.
Skid steer feeding material into a hopper.
Articulated truck dumping material on the claim.
Excavator working beside a truck on the claim.
Loader dumping material into a hopper.

Gold And Recovery

Cleanup tables, riffles, concentrates, weigh-ups, bars, nuggets, and the gold itself.

A small gold sample shown in a vial by hand.
Gold visible in riffles during recovery.
Close-up of panning buckets and concentrates.
Crew working around sluice equipment during cleanup.
Freshly rinsed sluice riffles ready for recovery.
Gold nuggets weighed on a small digital scale.
Small jars filled with gold-bearing concentrates.
Paydirt or concentrate weighed on a digital scale.
Hand holding a rectangular gold bar.
Small gold pieces shown in a hand.
Close-up of a gold bar held in hand.
Small gold pieces shown in a hand over recovery equipment.
Jewelry display case with gold-themed pieces.
Close-up of a gold pendant necklace.
Single gold nugget shown against a white surface.
Larger gold nugget weigh-up on a digital scale.
Large tray of paydirt or concentrates on a scale.
Hand holding multiple gold nuggets near the claim.
Man holding a pan of paydirt or concentrates.
Crew member working directly at the sluice.
Another gold nugget weigh-up on a digital scale.

Camp And Crew

Family, crew, camp life, claim visits, and the people behind the work.

Young child sitting in the cab of heavy equipment.
Child playing with toy trucks in sandy ground.
Two crew members standing beside a truck with snowy mountains behind them.
Roadside novelty sign outside a rustic Alaska stop.
Two crew members taking a selfie high above the claim.
Portrait of a crew member standing near an ATV at camp.
Portrait of a crew member on a dirt claim road.
Crew member standing beside a mud-covered work truck.
Two people posing outside a cabin at camp.
ATVs and crew members gathered on a dirt road at camp.
Family and crew gathered beside sluice equipment.
Crew portrait at camp with a rainbow in the background.
Two people taking a selfie in the mountains.
Portrait at a mountain overlook deck.
Group portrait at a picnic bench with mountain views.
Person driving a side by side vehicle on the claim.
Crew member standing in an excavated cut on the claim.
White branded work truck parked beside equipment.
Woman holding a gold bar indoors.
Man holding a gold bar indoors.
Portrait beside a creek in the mountains.
Crew member holding up a gold sample outdoors.
Group gathered around panning buckets at the claim.

Mountain Life

Rainbows, wildlife, overlooks, glaciers, and the Alaska setting around the claim.

Double rainbow over a creek at the claim.
Moose standing in trees near the claim.
Hillside view of claim activity and excavation.
Aerial glacier and mountain view from above Alaska.
Northern lights over dark trees near the claim.
Rainbow stretching over the claim and equipment.
Truck driving along a ridge road in the mountains.
Sunset over mountain ridges near the claim.
Wide mountain overlook with forested ridges.