I had left my little 4" subsurface dredge down in the canyon in the fall, hoping to use it early in the spring before the water came up. The mine is open for business, however, and many of the local miners were at the mine as I surveyed the area. My first trip to Crow Creek Mine just prior to the Memorial Day holiday revealed snow patches along the creek still. It has been a rather cool spring in Southcentral Alaska, and as a result the snow is staying a little later than usual this year. The short window of opportunity for low, clear water has already passed as water levels rise with the temperatures.
Other commitments have kept me busy this spring, so I have not made my annual spring dredging trip this year. Spring has sprung! I'm off to a slow start this season.
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