Iron Range Diving

[DetectorGuy]

At Ore Be Gone on July 5th the sun was out and it was about 20'-25' visibility. The temp at from 40' to 100' was 42 degrees no light needed until I got to about 70'. On July 14th it was overcast with heavy rain the night before and the viz was like Nate said: 15'. The temps were the same. I think the surface temp was 56.

We spoke to several of the locals, and a couple of them were third generation miners in the area. They told us that a nearby mine is currently active, and it is the reason the water is cloudier in Ore Be Gone than it was in the past. This nearby active mine is also the reason the water level dropped in the last couple years. They pumped the nearby mine out, and it is tapping a subterranian vein (natural drift) between the two. I did hear from one of these two miners that The active mine is being held responsible to secure another water supply for the town of Gilbert, as Gilbert will not be able to pull water from Ore Be Gone much longer. I think its still a great place to dive even though the vis is less than Lake Mine or St. James. There is more stuff to see in Ore Be Gone than the other two combined. It is a long drive up there, but I could dive it a couple more times before getting bored. We are currently tracking down info about a D10 Cat dozer that was stolen a couple years ago and driven into one of the pits up there. It is rumored to be sitting on a very shallow ledge (like 30' deep). The pit its in is a smaller pit and not regarded as a "divers mine pit". We don't know the name of the pit yet, but I think that would make for a cool video.