Allan
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Post by Allan on Jul 24, 2019 21:58:42 GMT 10
Who waists their time, including me, sampling a stream where you know gold has been found, you were probably beaten by 100 to 150 years. it may be easier, but why waist your time in the flow. Step outside the box, there's gold in the dry creek at Craigieburn, Vic, at least there was 30 years ago. How do I know, I suffered the hard yards. Do you want to find that virgin spot? Well if you' not willing to put in the hard yards, I mean weeks, months, maybe a lot longer; and nothing, a complete waist of time for the occasional tease, then to find a spot worth working for awhile. Years ago I was willing to put in, maybe a week, a month or a year, but the hard work has its rewards. Tell us your story?
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Post by mushmouse on Jul 25, 2019 0:20:34 GMT 10
These days with the internet and online resources takes out the hard work and 'what ifs'. Company reports for Mineral / Mining Exploration or Prospect Application Licences are submitted quarterly and freely available. Hectares of mountain sides, gullies and creeks undergo methodical testing gathering Rock Chips, stream samples, costean and bores for analysis of gold results in Parts Per Million.
Most reports table the results with accompanying maps indicating where results were taken from. Sometimes they use the more general term and record it as specks eg: "5 medium size grains per pan" I can't recall what was the minimum requirement of AU result to give the company initiative to go ahead as a New Prospect ( maybe 10gm per tonne?) but regardless... if a creek is showing low or zero AU ppm then I wouldnt go to the trouble of trying to find virgin gold in that stream or gully. If a result showed a high sample in a certain spot of the creek, then I would be tempted to hike in and check it out further.
Most all known old alluvial workings in creeks can still produce good gold these days. Denundations and floods change the landscape and river bottoms often enough to reveal deposits that can warrant a good day out without too much back breaking work. Examples of these are granite false bottoms, boil holes covered in cemented gravels or fine cracks that have opened up from winter iceing expansion. All these can hold a good collection or access to many years of flood /eluvium gold.
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Allan
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Post by Allan on Jul 25, 2019 19:22:00 GMT 10
I can't believe you actually said that, "take out the hard work and 'what ifs'". 3 years ago I found a sweet spot in 'xxxxxxx', it wasn't a river, but a dry wash. Only found it by making the effort. To be quite honest, 'a good day out' is not exactly where I was heading. There is gold in them thar hills, if you willing to get out and look for it. You have to put in the hard yards
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Allan
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Post by Allan on Aug 21, 2019 20:19:54 GMT 10
Please disagree with my comments, let's argue, it's good for the soul
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Aug 22, 2019 6:42:04 GMT 10
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Post by jamiealdridge on Aug 22, 2019 6:42:04 GMT 10
Hi Allan - do you still live in Kilmore? We exchanged messages quite a few years ago on another forum
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Post by The Hatter on Aug 22, 2019 21:07:22 GMT 10
Who waists their time, including me, sampling a stream where you know gold has been found, you were probably beaten by 100 to 150 years. it may be easier, but why waist your time in the flow. Step outside the box, there's gold in the dry creek at Craigieburn, Vic, at least there was 30 years ago. How do I know, I suffered the hard yards. Do you want to find that virgin spot? Well if you' not willing to put in the hard yards, I mean weeks, months, maybe a lot longer; and nothing, a complete waist of time for the occasional tease, then to find a spot worth working for awhile. Years ago I was willing to put in, maybe a week, a month or a year, but the hard work has its rewards. Tell us your story? Yes, we're all 170 years too late to join the rush, however, I don't consider that I waste my time by sampling a known past gold bearing stream, because what ever the result, either if positive or negative ,it all adds to my learning, .... and most of the time, my poverty pot as well. Remember, that you can't pick strawberries or catch fish in a desert. Use every resource available to you... It's quite likely that that "virgin spot" you allude to was at one time covered by an exploration lease, and if so, then all the gullies, washes, creeks and rivers would have been sampled, and the assay results published in a report that is freely accessible on line.
Again, you can't pick strawberries or catch fish in a desert - knowledge gives you an advantage.
The Hatter
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Post by cronicbadger on Aug 23, 2019 13:17:33 GMT 10
When I was up at Uralla a few days ago I found a sheer drop in a gully where a waterfall would be when the water was running. Basically, a frontal cross section of a depth of two metres showing the history of the upper level of that gully. Big rocks jammed in, with stones and gravel cemented between. It was quite educational.
Anyway, I dug that cement-like gravel from areas that sat on the top of clay and boulders, and from between crevices. I panned it down to concentrates but have yet to check those, although I did see some gold and gems in the mix.
There were clear signs that even in that rugged, dry section of the river valley, fossickers had hammered the lower areas, including one of my favourite spots where until now I'd never seen any evidence of activity apart from my own!
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Allan
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Post by Allan on Aug 23, 2019 14:13:15 GMT 10
Hatter, This 'virgin spot' I mentioned is near Bendigo, Vic. A well known area for gold. I always start from these sort of areas, but after about 2 days of panning and finding minor slivers of gold, I decided to take a good look at the area. Then put in the hard yards; shovelling alluvium from a gully that directed itself to the river. A lot of walking back and forth to wash my pan, after about 3 days I was ready to give up. About 120 metres from the river I started to receive good signs in my pan. It wasn't much; but worthy of further effort. This is the effort, or hard yards I talk about. Why would anyone go to the desert to pick strawberries?
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