Choppers and Copper and Gold, Oh My!: How do we know the toothbrush was invented by someone from Mayo?

...Because if it were invented anywhere else it would have been called a teethbrush....

It's almost hit the 2 week mark (that comes up on Tuesday) and really the routine just keeps trucking along.

Wake up. Breakfast. Coreshack. Lunch. Nap. Coreshack. Dinner. Cards/movies/entertainment.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Today, though, was pretty wicked. I went up with one of the geos to go check out sites for the drill pads. The location was way up a mountain near 'Potato Hills' in the 'Shamrock Zone' of

our deposit. Tons of snow and an epic truck drive to get through before we reached our destination. It was the first time since I've been here that I've really been 'in the bush'. Sure, there was a road or two around - but these were rarely traveled as was evident by the tons of snow on the ground. We were just barely within radio contact of camp, and the road was just barely wide enough to fit the giant ford F-350 we were 'driving like we stole it'. We spent the morning trudging around in the snow, sinking in up to our thighs, rolling down hills, and enjoying mother nature's moodiness. One minute it was gorgeous and sunny out, the next it was snowing with flakes the size of golfballs. Check out the pictures below! The snow pictures were all taken on the same day. Check out the difference between super sunny group shot, and snowy miserable picture of the core boxes.

Just for some random information, the 'city' we're closest to (really just a town, or a single road) is called Mayo. It was established in the early 1900s as a river settlement and port for the Ag-Pb shipments from the Keno Mining district. In 2006 it's population was 248, and also has a big range in average temperature from summer-winter. (25deg C in summer, -30degC in winter). No more of this temperate coastal business for me! A few of the crew are locals from the area, so they have a quick trip to get back home for their breaks. When the mine opens next year, I'm sure that the Mayo community will appreciate the extra jobs.

In any case, I'm tired and need to catch some shut eye... the trek today wore me out!

Keep checking for updated photos :)

The final stake! Thankfully, we're actually ON the snow this time. Not falling IN it...

If it's hard to tell, the clock says 10:44pm.....

It's bright.. and it's not even June 21st yet!

Yikes!

Snowflakes the size of golfballs?? GO AWAY! It's spring, not winter...

To keep ourselves occupied when there's not much to do, some people in camp choose to turn the coreshack into a dutch oven (I swear I'm missing most of my nosehairs after they got burnt off), while others decide to 'hide' vests up trees.... This is the vest being planted.

Turns out Scott couldn't reach it...