Blue Sky & Exploration

Koroit, Queensland - Australia

There is something special about the sky in the outback of Queensland on a sunny day. The sky glows with a rich saturated blue like nothing I've ever seen back in the US of A.

Yesterday, under such a sunny sky, I spent a few hours going for a walk with a few friends on our exploration permit. It was a very interesting walk. We found a few old mine shafts (in one of the shafts was a rather large dead snake), some old workings, some potch and some color! Plenty of solid ironstone and nuts are visible. It looks like it will be very interesting and we will be pegging a few new mines in the area.

Today I went for a crawl through an old, but recently exposed tunnel at my mine. The tunnel is about 30 years old . . . and I found some color. We'll be mining that area in a couple of weeks. . . and we'll be so very grateful for the beauty we'll uncover!

Next week I'll be packing a backpack and going for a lengthy walk on our Exploration Permit and taking a look at a larger area than we explored yesterday.

Thanks to my friend Len - at this moment I'm sitting in his mining camp and using his computer. His camp is simple and comfortable and includes a fireplace I made nearly 10 years ago. Len's camp is made from scraps of steel and pieces of corrugated iron with a state of the art satellite dish on the roof.

It's always an adventure and there's always something to be learned. . . and there's always a reason to say thank you to the universe.