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.

California Dredgers: A Step Closer to Getting Back in the Water

June 2014
...Judge Ochoa ordered the parties to participate in mandatory settlement hearings starting June 24, 2014.

Miners Fight Back When BLM Says 'Your Claim Is Too Long'

April 2020

BLM stated we had 30 days to amend our claim so that it fit within one 40-acre square or we would forfeit the claim.

Big River Gold Exploration: Trend Zone 1

November 2022

Prospecting Underground: Use Caution

April 2011
In underground placer work, the contact point of the bedrock tunnel and the gravel is a very weak point and always has to be timbered. The bedrock here is thin, fractured, and the gravels loose from many years of oxidizing.

Discovering New Territory

September 2020

This same concept is true of many of our modern-day rivers, and we have to find out where their gold originated if we can.

Prospecting for Diamonds in Kimberlite

January 2014
Kimberlite is very difficult for geologists to find, let alone prospectors and rock hounds. This is because kimberlite is rarely exposed on the surface and few people know how to identify the rock.

Benefits of a Detecting Partner

April 2013
“Metal detecting is not a social function.” So said a good friend of mine. And it’s true. But that’s not to say the benefits of having a prospecting partner don’t outweigh those of being alone.

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