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Beach Mining Returns to Washington State
March 2009 by David Knowlen
Washington State gold miners received good news when they were recently informed that State officials have granted them authority to resume limited placer gold beach mining...Bucket Dredged Boulder Gold
The black sand was loaded with mercury from the river, but there wasn’t enough to pick up all the fines. We took out the amalgam and had to suction up the remaining fine gold.
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A Guide to Overlooked Gold Deposits—Part III
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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The 10-Ton Boulder: Expanding Grout Demolition
Imagine you have located a source of virgin placer ore containing immense gold value. Now imagine that there is a 10-ton monolith of extremely hard gneiss in between you and payday.
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