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Sights & Sounds of Malakoff Diggins Enjoy the Sights and Sounds of Malakoff Digging State Historic Park. Listen as the Geese fly over head as you enjoy the vastness of the Hydraulic pit. Enjoy the beautiful fall colors of the California Mother lode in this Two minute video ( TM 006 )
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A drive through tour of Malakoff Diggins and North Bloomfield
Smithsgold posted a topic in Geology and Ore Deposits
A drive through tour of Malakoff Diggins and North Bloomfield Take a drive through tour of the Malakoff Hydraulic Diggings and the town site of North Bloomfield formerly Humbug California. ( TM 005 ) - Earlier
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Sniping and Crevicing for Gold Nuggets Join Prospector's Gary AKA (Two Toe's) and Jeff (Smithsgold) as they embark on another Adventure to find the Mother Lode. Gold Nuggets are there Target and they will work the Bedrock Crevices above and Below the water to find there Treasure. Sniping for Gold underwater is one of my favorite ways to find Gold and sometimes the most rewarding ( SM 013 )
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Turns out it was never registered. The payments were never made. computer glitch. The BLM did an extensive search for me and told me it is mine for the taking. As soon as the snow melts off I will pack up into the mountains and stake it.
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Mountain Lake Detecting Metal Detecting is a great Hobby, teaching the younger generation how to find hidden treasures underground is a great way to spend the day and pass along knowledge . Me and my friend Adrian hunt a Mountain Lake's Beach for hidden Gem's and Treasure's from Hot wheels to Pull tabs see what we uncover on the adventure (SG 014)
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Hello Chickenminer, Colorado Mike here.
I am building a new Trommel hosting a 42" dia x .375 x 15 ft barrel and will be powering it with a 10hp electric motor and a 20:1 gear reduction box. I am currently at the stage where I need to have the #100 chain sprocket segments water jet/machined and would like to see the pic's of your chain segments that you posted some time ago on this site. I just can't open the ones you posted for whatever reason and was wondering if you could post them again or send them to me via my email address that I would share with you. I have been mining in the Yukon near Dawson City since 2014 with a smaller (20+ YPH) plant but overall doing fairly well. My Son and Grand Son will be partnering up with me for the upcoming 2020 season also near Dawson, in the Yukon. Thank you, Colorado Mike
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Bedrock Gold Jeff and Gary ( Two Toes ) take you on an Adventure to find Bedrock Crevices filled with Placer Gold in the California Motherlode. Watch as Gary pulls out Gold Nuggets from the Bedrock and Jeff trys a little Sniping for Gold . SG012
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Hydraulic Pit Gold Prospecting for Gold Nuggets in an Old Hydraulic Pit in the Heart of the California Motherlode. The Old Timers didn't get it all watch as Jeff and Gary (Two Toes) find Hidden Gold Nuggets in the Bedrock Crevices with Metal Detectors. SG 011 Watch our other Prospecting video's and check out Gary's Channel ( Two Toes ) Thanks, Jeff
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River Detecting for Gold Nuggets
Smithsgold replied to Smithsgold's topic in Metal Detecting for Gold
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I have found some very interesting places to explore in Alberta Canada,acutely I was sent some coordinates of some mounds that could hold some diamonds. So have decided to make the jump from being a hobbyist gold diamond prospector to a full-time businessman so I am looking for Investors YOU can contact me at timothyhallezmt@gmail.com or phone me (587)930-6800
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Thanks, Jeff, and Congratulations on a nice nugget, and beating Gary....LOL Jim
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River Detecting for Gold See who gets the Biggest Nugget Gold Prospector's Jeff ( Smithsgold ) and Gary ( Two Toes ) Head to the Hills in search of rare Gold Nuggets. Watch and see who gets the most Gold and the Biggest Nugget. SG 010
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Sampling Methods For New Placer Mine
Jonas replied to carter's topic in Panning, Sniping and Sampling
Are you processing / panning the samples from the drill directly in the field or do you log and collect them in bags for offsite processing? Its good to hear that the drill / sampling results are repeatable from auger holes in close proximity. Often, then only statement on gold grades comes from counting the colors in a pan. With the time and effort spent in the field to execute the drlling, a more detailed analysis of the placer gold sample may be justified though, i.e. using an optical image analysis process, which basically replaces the observers eye vision with a systematical process, that counts gold particles, calculates their weight (and thus the gold grade) and produces data on the particle size distribution and shape. The drill sample would still have to be panned to a common pan concentrate volume (thumbsize or so) and should not contain any shiny sulfides (like pyrite), but that's normally not the case in placer deposits. The optical image analysis might be a good fit for anyone involved in professional placer exploration, i.e. drilling programs: www.higrade.tech Regards, Jonas -
Torch Assay Folks
Dwight Williams - LNW replied to Dwight Williams - LNW's topic in Assaying, Testing and Refining
Timothy, It is very interesting, at least from my viewpoint. I wish I could spend all my hours of the day looking for gold, but my other jobs seem to get in the way. There is defintly a reason why gold's value is so high.😂 It is a lot of fun when you track down a gold-bearing ore body and actually make money from it, a very satisfying process. -
Two Minutes to BLM join Jeff on the adventure of taking the Annual Assessment paperwork in to the Sacramento BLM office.
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I live in Alberta Canada and have followed from afar this dispute and wonder how I can support the cause because California could be a good place for winter prospecting
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Torch Assay Folks
Timothy W Hall replied to Dwight Williams - LNW's topic in Assaying, Testing and Refining
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Did you try to locate the alleged company that is sending the ownership fees Timothy
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Two Minutes with Two Toes Heavy Gravel Gary talks about what to look for in the Gravel's when looking for Gold !!!! Video Number 1 of the Two Minute series
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Need name of older mining equipment mfr in Labec, CA
1RetiredMiner posted a topic in General Mining Questions
I'm trying to identify two pieces of equipment, a Jaw Crusher and an Impact Mill. Both were made by a mfr operating in vicinity of Frazier Park, CA back in the late 1960's to 1970's. Mfr used alum foil type nameplates and they have weathered off. The color of both is navy-blue. All of the construction was from steel plate, bar &/or rod, welded together, with no cast parts. As I remember it the mfr made other stuff, like shaker tables with fiberglass decks, force amalgamators, hammer mills, etc. He also did custom ore sample milling demonstrating his shaker tables and mills. He had to have been in in his late 50's, or older, when I visited one time in middle 70's. Can any of you old timers remember that far back to help me? He might have (read that probably did) run ads in California Mining journal when it still had a yellow cover. Does the CMJ have a morgue going that far back, or any body that might have old copies from that time frame that might have his ads? -
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Torch Assay Folks
Dwight Williams - LNW replied to Dwight Williams - LNW's topic in Assaying, Testing and Refining
At a 30,000' objective interpretation, I would tend to agree with you. However, the Torch Assay itself is a very accurate method of determination of noble metal concentrations. The inaccuracies which can and do occur regardless of the method used to perform precious metal values is solely based upon the material and methods used to sample the so described sample. I, for one, have a basic opinion on anyone's assay for claim evaluation as about as worthless as used toilet paper. Anybody who is selling a claim or providing an evaluation of a claim with even the word "Assay" is either a fool or a liar. Any Assay is only as accurate as of the material and process in which is used to perform the Assay. Even if you have multiple Assay houses perform a reasonably same value assessment, it still really has no bearing upon the actual value of the ground that you are attempting to mine. For example, in my pictures below, this is a mine we had sampled and eventually ran. The vein is about 42-48" across, the vein being any values above .05 OPT. The extremely high concentration is only about 1/8" wide stringers. However, looking at the ore body, I would have not expected the high concentration to be where it was found. By using the Torch Assay method, which included well over 100 Assay's within a 42" span, we were able to accurately determine the values and map them accordingly. If we had used standard Fire Assays, which we do as well, we would have a tremendous amount of cost, labor, and time, and that's us doing this ourselves. For a small miner relying upon an outside Assayer, they would have been looking at well over $6,000 and a lot of time spent. Using the Torch Assay method provides an ability to perform testing directly on site at the exact specific ore you are looking at that moment. Every ore body is different, however more times than not, the gold values are usually running in small areas within the vein; unfortunately, it's hard to extract 1/8" veinlets from the mountain. This mine we have been able to recover around 2.75+ OPT by following the specific vein features. The reason I chose these pictures specifically, is because you would generally follow the color bands to accompany the concentrations. However, this particular vein we have continued to track, and the gold concentration moved sideways outside of the color bands, something I haven't' generally seen before. Using the Torch Assay method allowed us real-time assessment without having increased cost in material removal and processing and then determine later that we weren't' high grading as had been planned. Anytime I perform a multitude of Torch Assay's and narrow down the values; it is then always followed up with multiple Fire Assay's. Anything less, in my opinion, would be unprofessional as well as unproductive and costly. -
That is the question. After a few years of research and prospecting, I have found an old abandoned claim, that looks promising. This claim has been officially declared as abandoned by the state, and on the states abandoned mine registry. After looking for a week I have found no corner markers, nor location marker, in addition the metes and bounds method required to describe the location was not met. However, the BLM reports that the claimant is sending in his $155.00 every year and is an "active" claim. After paying a mining attorney to review all the paperwork and other pertinent info, I was told that it is an invalid claim, as state law says that if a mine ia abandoned the claim is no longer valid, and can proceed with filing a claim over the other claim. Per State Law, "Rights of relocator. The rights of a relocator of any relocated abandoned or forfeited mining claim date from the posting of the relocator's notice of location on the claim, and while the relocator is performing the acts required by law to perfect the location, the relocator's rights may not be affected by any reentry or resumption of work by the former locator or claimant." The terms “abandoned and void”, “null and void,” “void ab initio” and “forfeited” have the same effect in these regulations. What do you think? File a claim or not? And why or why not?
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James ( Jim ) Beckwourth Museum and Cabin
Reno Chris replied to Smithsgold's topic in Prospecting Adventures
Been a lot of years, but I took my daughter there once. Chris -
Torch Assay Folks
Reno Chris replied to Dwight Williams - LNW's topic in Assaying, Testing and Refining
Torch assays can be a rough,ballpark type of tool in estimating precious metals concentrations. They will not be accepted by companies looking to purchase any claims you have staked. -
I had it set up and running pretty good I just seem to never have the free time to run it !!!!! How's yours doing ?
