Prospecting & Detecting
Tips and Tricks: A Dredging Tip for Clearing the Tailings Pile
December 2020 by Harry Griffin
After a short time, the tailings pile can get very large, and can actually block the downstream end of the sluice box.
My New Passion--Crystal Hunting
I decided to dig near it to see if there were any more and immediately uncovered others. In total I found a pocket with over 100 crystals in it. I was hooked.
Hard Rock 101: Blasting With Kinepak Explosives
Fortunately, there are products on the market that can address these problems and make a small-scale mining operation feasible.
Time for a New Approach: Detecting Float Gold
The first pieces found were in a spot that most gold hunters would not even detect, right in the middle of a downslope meadow.
How Far To The Gold?
…in spite of the fact that the well-pounded spots probably don’t have much gold left, I see all too many prospectors hike down to a creek or other spot at the first place the road comes near it just because it’s the easiest access point.
Just One More Time
We chose this particular area because an old channel had run here at one point and had been heavily worked on top of a mountain hilltop. Erosion patterns cut deeply on each side, leaving the channel exposed. The erosion cut sharply, dropping into ravines far below.
ICMJ Visits Empire Mine State Historic Park
December 2022Bedrock
I am going to break bedrock down a bit and explain my view of the varying scenarios I come across in the field.
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