A Day of Exploring Arizona Gold Country Part III
 The Trumpet Plant Always associated with highly mineralized ground, a good sign that gold may be near by |
 The Trumpet Plant With broken quartz |
 On top of a ridge, my car is center right, red tint in foreground of picture are Trumpet Plants |
 Senator Mountain - a dormant volcano |
 ON TOP OF THE WORLD! Senator Mountain as seen from 4500 feet above sea level. Can you spot my car? It's in the center of the picture. |
 ON TOP OF THE WORLD! The West Rim of the Grand Canyon from 80 miles away |
 ON TOP OF THE WORLD! Looking at Lake Mead where the Colorado River (right side of picture) enters it from the Grand Canyon |
 Volcanic vent probably probably associated with ancient eruption of Senator Mountain |
 Me with my first nugget 1 gram - 1997 the bug has bit |
 Close up of a 1 gram nugget a little bigger than the size of a kitchen match head |