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    River / Stream Sluices - advice, information and questions

    To run a river sluice you need to classify first with a sieve or have a high flow to push larger material through
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    Exploration Lease Qld / NSW

    I understand the costs but I thought you had to have a proven resource before you got a mining licence
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    Exploration Lease Qld / NSW

    Does anyone have any experience in applying for an exploration license in victoria. from looking at the Earth Resources website it seems that you need to be big company with lots of money what hope has the small scale prospector got.
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    digging a hole

    there is a good post on here somewhere about loaming doing this generally points you in the right direction
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    Steiglitz Historical Gold Park

    word of advice for anyone thinking of going to dollys creek there is very little water around. what is there is in shallow pools just enough to pan in or use a small bilge pump and sluice.spent most of the day there until the water got to silted up that the pump stopped working. its going to...
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    old mine is now mapped and recorded :)

    looks like some modern exploration has taken place in there given the conditon of some of the timbering and the flaging tape
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    Small car camper trailer

    have a look at this mob www.easytrailer.com.au they make foldup trailers and are light weight, 110 kg for the base model. No floor or sides you customise it yourself to suit your needs
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    sampleing new ground to test for AU

    can you tell me where you got the sample bags from, at the moment i am using cut down white feed bags that i have to stitch up by hand to make the bags
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    Trommel Build..question for the sparkys

    Most wiper motors have a high and a low speed the motor I use can go clockwise or anti clockwise depending on how you wire it up trial and error to work it out
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    Trommel Build..question for the sparkys

    When I had to repower my trommel I used sprokets and chains designed to be used to power a push bike with a small motor much more heavy duty.I think the rpm for a trommel is between 15 and 20 rpm depending on feed rate and length of the barrel.if the rocks come out nice and clean at the end the...
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    Gold Hog mats information and questions

    can someone explain how i would purchase enough for a sluice 250 wide by 1200 long and what is the cost. In there online store it says they only sell it in 36 inch's long 6 inch's wide, 36 dollars per mat sold in 3 foot sections only
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    Sluice or highbanker mats / matting

    clark rubber sell the ribbed black matting for about 22 dollars a metre
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    New bridge for Oallen Forde NSW

    would this have needed to be advertised and put out to public comment before it happened. might provide a reason for an appeal to the decision
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    solar powered tromeel and pump

    thanks for the videos i picked up a battery and 2 panel folding briefcase style sytem for 50 dollars from a garage sale today i think it comes from super cheap auto as the battery has there branding on it. it has a variable output switch of 12 or 24 volts on the panels.i hope this will provide...
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    solar powered tromeel and pump

    i currently run my system with 12v batteries and was wondering the viability of running it on solar power to reduce the need for batteries and prolong prospecting time the pump and motor draw about 7 amps together
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    Finally getting it together.

    where did you get the motor from and what was the cost i have burnt out my original one thanks warrior
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    Mt Disappointment

    Hunting the yellow i thought you didnt need permission on ELs only mining licences otherwise half the state would be off limits
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    Getting fittings onto canvas layflat hose

    try using Talcum powder or soak it in water overnight
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    plastic matting i found??

    where did you get it from and what is it normally used for
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    Pumps, Hoses and Associated Gear information and questions

    buy a 30 meter length and cut a 15m a 10m a 2m and 3m length to allow for different distances you can always join it all together to get back to the original 30 meter length. the only issue is the added cost of fittings
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