Tips and Tricks: Preparing Your Dredge Engine for Storage

September 2020 by Harry Griffin

From this I inferred that engine 2 had a carburetor problem. In this article, I discuss the specific engine/carburetor problem, and the surprising solution to this problem.

Detecting During Summer Heat

August 2015
This concept of detecting does not always work as we sometimes get a week or so where the temperatures rise to 116°—sometimes more.

Geobotany: Plants Associated With Mineral Deposits

November 2014
Science has shown, over the past few centuries, that there is a direct correlation between certain plants and their geophysical surroundings.

Using Structural Clues to Locate Buried Placer Channels

April 2014
They must have assumed the paystreak was spotty and had been mined out, so they never mined as close to the side of the valley as they should have.

A Golden Vacation

July 2019

Each day for the first part of the week my boys and I picked and chipped away at that wall, stockpiling dirt in 5-gallon buckets and cement mixing tubs.

Prospecting Tales: Forest Service, Fires and Bears—Oh My!

October 2013
I woke up on Sunday morning, August 10, to heavy smoke. I saw where it was coming from, but it seemed like it was a long way off so I thought I was okay for the time being.

Sold: 87-Ounce Nugget

April 2016
A gold prospector in central Victoria, Australia stumbled across an 87-ounce gold nugget in early February 2015, after his wife told him to head outside to get some air. He had given up smoking a few weeks prior and was getting a bit “grumpy,” she told him.

Proper Spacing of Placer Sample Sites

September 2013
The zone of influence of each sample must be carefully considered when deciding how far sample sites should be spaced from each other.

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