RE:Good news last week = 45% sp DROPSomeone on here one of the pumpers forget which one tried tom imply that the reason why the stockpile results sucked was because the percussion drill caused all the gold to become very fine flakes or powder and then because they are heavies went to the bottom of the pile. Seems to me that is a little foolish. However, if one was to believe that theory you would not run a bulk sample unless you stripped off all the surface material first. In fact, there would be no need to run a bulk sample as the simplest way to test the theory is to simply rent an excavator peel off the top in one area get out your gold pan or portable sluice box and do some sampling. They can buy a kit with a portable sluice box pan and shovel on Amazon for under 100 bucks lol.
On the what's next? Well alot of the old gold mines in the area are part of a hiking tour so you start doing some hiking tours. Also, post some old mine ghost stories so you can have some ghost walks. Maybe open a small bar at the mine entrance. Selling single share wall hangers on the old mine for $10 bucks is also very popular....