The Beauty of The Blue Ribbon Mine: A Visual Tour of Mining Industry Landscapes
The Adage Goes: The Limits of Any Vehicle is solely interdependent on the operators skills. Note the numerous stickers on the rear hatchback? Dad called it a "Ford Turtle." And the cheap plastic hubcaps are still on.
The Alaska Gold Rush Centennial Celebration, Dorothy G. Page/Wasilla Museum. In addition to courses and classes, I did demonstrations for any group that asked.
And, Still Do!
Dennis R. Garrett Teaching Basic Prospecting and Geology at a Russian school (note the Cyrillic). My challenge was adapting to their dialect, as I know Russian.
A Nice couple from Austria rented a car in Los Anchorage and drove it to the mine, on a very bad day. That's my Wolf-hybrid Zoloto (Russian for 'Gold'). That connex is 20' long, so visibility is about ~40 feet. I've had to locate and rescue folks like this that got 'lost'.
A Group of Young Women preparing to depart from The Blue Ribbon Mine Camp. The dog is my Zoloto, photo-bombing their pic. 3rd from the left is a Teacher who invited me to teach at their Eagle River schools.
Explorer Post #400 and Instructor Dennis R. Garrett, Blue Ribbon Mine, Alaska. Daniel R. Kelly at the rear.