June Snow In Colorado - "Gold Rush 2.0" Thanks To California's Historic Snowpack

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June Snow In Colorado

The calendar says summer, the hills and mountains of Colorado say winter:

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Today is closing day for Arapahoe Basin in Colorado. It's June... but the snow
keeps on falling in the higher elevations of the Rockies.

Also, meet Olive - the newest avalanche dog in training! #COwx

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Looking at the forecast, there's a lot more AGW-dispelling, drought-busting
lows and snows to come, and all.

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"Gold Rush 2.0" Thanks To California's Historic Snowpack

Thanks to California's record -and seemingly endless- snow, which is sending
millions of gallons of water tumbling down the state's rivers, gold fever is
once again gripping the same areas it did back in the late-1840s.

Expert metal detector Mark Dayton says this year is turning into a special one
for finding gold.

"It's the pinnacle of my metal detecting career," he said. "It's just something
I've never seen in my lifetime."

"As that snow's melting, it's rolling down in torrents and carving new
waterways as it goes. And when it does that, it brings in all that fresh new
material into the waterways and just spreads it out."

In only four days, he said he found an ounce of gold worth around $2,000 in the
mountains around El Dorado County, and he's even been able to return to sites
multiple times because the water is constantly bringing down new material.

As reported by spectrumnews1.com, third-generation hardware store owner Albert
Fausel said people have been coming to his Placerville store from all over the
country, trying to strike it lucky.

"People are kind of getting the bug before they even get over here," Fausel
said, who has already found an ounce himself. "Every time I hop in [a
stream/riverbed] I'm like here's a whole new uncovered bedrock spot that
nobody's got to look through. Because it had 5 feet of overburden, now it's
just down bare ground and a couple of boulders."

The biggest and best gold nuggets haven't even been revealed yet; they will
likely appear when the waters begin to recede and detectors like Dayton and
Fausel can access the rivers and creeks proper.

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June Snow In Colorado

'Gold Rush 2.0" Thanks To California's Historic Snowpack

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