GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 12, 2013 Hey guys, If you didn't have a claim, and you wanted to make friends, learn, and just have an overall good year with chance of getting some real color, where would you guys suggest? I want to have a good year, and find at least some color to make it worth it. Of course none of you know EXACTLY where the gold is, but I'm sure you guys have your favorite areas. I know most of the grounds are claimed, and the free and pay to play areas aren't that great at producing, but you have to start somewhere and I would like to see where you guys would have started, if you could have gone back knowing then what you knew now! Thanks! Cory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Herschbach (Inactive) 32 Report post Posted April 12, 2013 Join the local GPAA chapter if you have not already. Really great bunch of people, best place to learn in Anchorage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 13, 2013 I had looked at their site previously, but did not see a way to join, so I would assume to just show up at the meetings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geowizard 122 Report post Posted April 13, 2013 Cory, A few of us know where the gold is. We aren't looking for gold. Ophir is an example. Miners discovered gold there in 1910. Ophir experienced 70 years of production and 70,000 ounces of gold was produced. That's an average of 1000 ounces per year. Is it over? "It's over when I say it's over!" (Robert Duvall, Apocalypse now!) Ophir continues to produce gold. I am pressing down on the "nugget patch". It is a possible "intrusive" i.e. intrusive that didn't reach the surface. A fractured golden halo is present over the nugget patch with nuggets as seen on www.stampede-gold.com . Moore Creek produced 50,000 ounces of gold. Records show 1938 production was 6,500 ounces of gold. Yankee Creek produced 4300 ounces of gold in one cleanup. New exploration is revealing more targets that may contain the lode gold sources for many known placer gold deposits! - Geowizard 1 jeff08xx reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Herschbach (Inactive) 32 Report post Posted April 13, 2013 Yup, you do not have to join the GPAA to join the local Anchorage group. Just show up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 13, 2013 Awesome, I'll have to go check em out on the 18th! Looking at the Events I've already Picked some I want to attend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 13, 2013 Cory, A few of us know where the gold is. We aren't looking for gold. Ophir is an example. Miners discovered gold there in 1910. Ophir experienced 70 years of production and 70,000 ounces of gold was produced. That's an average of 1000 ounces per year. Is it over? "It's over when I say it's over!" (Robert Duvall, Apocalypse now!) Ophir continues to produce gold. I am pressing down on the "nugget patch". It is a possible "intrusive" i.e. intrusive that didn't reach the surface. A fractured golden halo is present over the nugget patch with nuggets as seen on www.stampede-gold.com . Moore Creek produced 50,000 ounces of gold. Records show 1938 production was 6,500 ounces of gold. Yankee Creek produced 4300 ounces of gold in one cleanup. New exploration is revealing more targets that may contain the lode gold sources for many known placer gold deposits! - Geowizard Tracking the gold back to it's original source should be any miners plan, and with the constant movement of the tectonic plates, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and natural erosion, you would think that new opportunities to find new undiscovered lodes increase, even in places that may have already been explored. Wish I was a Geo Wiz... or at least know more about what I was talking about! lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 Searching the internet has lead me to this great article from your old site! *LINK REMOVED SEE BELOW* So I thought I would share it here, great information in this article. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Harn - Editor 19 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 It's a good one, originally published by the old Bureau of Mines in 1971. We left it on the old site because a few folks had set up links to it. Eventually that site will disappear. It can also can be found on our current site, in our Beginner's Corner section (which can be found under the Resources tab). If you want to permanently bookmark the page, I'd suggest using this link: How to Mine and Prospect for Gold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoldBellMining 1 Report post Posted April 15, 2013 Thanks Scott, I will edit out my link so not to cause any confusion! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
