Old claim marker.

Seven Troughs district. You can tell this is an old one because it's just a piece of weathered log! Back in the 70s people would use pieces of plastic pipe, but those are now illegal due to some sort of deleterious effect on bird life. New claim markers are again wood, but they're machined-finished stakes from the lumber yard.

This whole area was re-staked in fall 2010 by some group. I didn't ask the survey party who they were working for!