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A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
November 2003 by Lawrence Dee
Most of the old large gold dredging operations used a trommel. The trommel consisted of a long metal cylinder made of heavy punch plate in which the small gravel, black sands, and gold would fall though holes and end up in banks of sluices.
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A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part II
October 2003
The following are situations that the modern prospector would do well to research. Some specific areas are described, but more importantly they present background into what the author feels are worthwhile and generally overlooked situations...
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