Regardless of the outcome, thanks for posting Rios and all especially S Wright. Ive learnt a lot. now to try and apply it to my own little dung heap 
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rios said:
Hi Rios,
I don't know anything about your geologist's background or experience, but I do know SWright's which is why I asked him to pop in here and provide an answer.
As well as being a handy man to know, he is a busy man at the moment - so if you are looking for a response to the above it might be a while...
I hope what was already provided has been helpful
Regards,
John
Keen Ken said:
The bit i like in self funding is being able to challenge fate and gamble. You know they knew what they were saying when they spoke about a fool and his money soon parting.
I just have to be more careful not to risk peoples lives only coz life cant be replaced, money can
bundyjd said:rios said:
Hi Rios,
I don't know anything about your geologist's background or experience, but I do know SWright's which is why I asked him to pop in here and provide an answer.
As well as being a handy man to know, he is a busy man at the moment - so if you are looking for a response to the above it might be a while...
I hope what was already provided has been helpful
Regards,
John
Its all good John. I take all advice as it comes. At least i wont be surprised if i end up finding no gold. The country is big, as long as i have the tools, i can always move on to the next area
The geologist used to be the head geo at New Dawn Mine which owned such mines as Turk Mine which is maybe about 30km or so from the area. So he would have had extensive knowledge of the general layout of the area. You know these big mines tend to send them exploring everywhere. He was then taped up by Mbada Diamonds, where a lot of diamonds were extracted, unfortunately with little benefit to the State, i am talking of 14 billion worth of diamonds looted, welcome to Africa.
Now the diamond mining production is almost zero coz the State took over by decree but wont pore in the resources to do deep mining as the alluvial ones are finished, or so the story goes
You shouldn't have to be concerned about hitting a target from the perspective of the positioning on the ground of a geophysical survey anomaly. While GPS is good I wouldn't rely on it rather on a lease your size I would have three pegged lines at 50-100m intervals running the NE length. All surveys should work from these pegs which are measured from a lease corner so follow up can be measured out easily with a 100m tape. Keep in mind though that with a depth to target of 50m it's not going to be accurate to metres but no point adding to inaccuracy on the surface. The IP is pretty close to the edge of your lease as well and half of RS1 is outside your lease. No doubt you'd have holes to position yourself with the IP but what about the positioning the mag, how accurate is the mag to your lease and in turn the position of the IP to the mag?
Jon
Jon
blisters said:
Jon, are you reading my mind or what? After the geologist was done, he showed me a position along RS3 to dig the shaft using gps. I knew gps has a margin of error of 3m or more. So i didnt argue with me but i contracted a second guy to do me a single ip line that would be at 90degrees to that northen boundary intersecting also where told me to dig. With this line i would be using actual lengths between cathodes on the ground, no gps. Unfortunately the guy hasnt done it as of yet because the ground is too wet as it has been raining like forever. The rains are projected to stop next month. Thats when we will do the line. Funny i even bought the 100m tape with that in mind
I will take your advise and do maybe 3 then instead of 1. Thanx for that suggestion, it made more confident i wasnt being overcautious
RS1 we did it deliberately like that, encroaching into the other claim. We wanted to check if it was the the same body turning into the claim
How many cubic meters or yards do you think there was in you ton ?
2 or 3 or more ?
If it keeps producing close to an ounce to a ton you will have no trouble with cash flow :Y:
2 or 3 or more ?
If it keeps producing close to an ounce to a ton you will have no trouble with cash flow :Y:
I just reread your post and it was 100g sample
wether that was just a lucky sample will be interesting if all the material yeilds that you will do well :Y:
wether that was just a lucky sample will be interesting if all the material yeilds that you will do well :Y:
I havent dug into the ground. But i am planning to sink a shaft on the anormally on the left of that page. I picked the loose stones from above i
I am supposing the assay result is an indication of mineralization below.
Coincidentally, though i am a skeptic, some copper wire dowsing guys were indicating presence of reef in the same place
rios said:
If you're going to be a miner, you need to learn the lingo, mate! In mining, "trench" = costean (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/costean).
And good luck to you! :Y:
Hey rios
Thanks for the updates,
it is starting to read like a book now,
good job
Thanks for the updates,
it is starting to read like a book now,
good job
I've seen many old-timers costeans and they don't look like trenches to me . Costean is a great name for what the old miners dug and sweated through .
Cheers
goldrat
Cheers
goldrat
