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Post by yellowfever on Sept 5, 2015 21:01:05 GMT 10
Just a quick question ive found an area that has about 3 foot of overburden then an old river bed the question i have is the river bed aeems to be sitting on at least 5 foot of sandy gravel with no sign of bedrock..where would the greatest gold concentration likely be??? in between the stones interlocked by a green couloured rusty clay or in the samdy gravels below there appears to be gold in both layers but was just curious as to what your experiences would tell you as im still learning...any help would be appreciated
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Post by 360search on Sept 9, 2015 15:11:00 GMT 10
Mate, if there is gold in it and no one knows the location but you run the whole lot. You'll soon find out.
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Post by Flying Scott on Sept 9, 2015 22:51:39 GMT 10
There will be bedrock somewhere but may be quite deep, Gold being heavy will find it's way through the sands. If the "billies"= large stones are cemented with solid clay,= conglomerate, then the gold would be with them, But there may be a second layer of alluvial under the billies. The miners of days gone bye, would dig through the soil, and gravels and billies to depths of 5 meters or more to get to a 5 cm of pay dirt resting on the bedrock. The river flats are rich in gold where gold is known to be, I would doubt if the farmer would let you dig up his paddocks.
Flying Scott
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