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    Shaker table.

    looking for a second hand shaker table to run my crushed cons over.
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    Shaker table.

    looking for a second hand shaker table to run my crushed cons over.
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    Screen size for a chain mill

    Hi all. So i have about 500kg of rock i want to crush up. Issue is what screen size do i go as the gold in the rock is all over the place some of the gold is visible by eye some is micron size. Do i just run it twice one with a bigger 2mm or 3mm screen then sluice it to get the bigger gold out...
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    Is there gold on the other side of the mine

    Hi all i found a mine still got gold the sdc cant pick it up but the falcon m20 can iv crushed some and panned ots got gold. I want to sample some spot and send in for an assay. My question in this drive the old timers have stopped up from the drive. Would there be any ore or gold on the down side?
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    Fire assay (Vic)

    Does any one know where to get a fire assay done in Victoria. And cost and how much sample they need..
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    Pyrite in quartz vien

    I found a big patch of pyrite in a quartz vein. What is the likelihood of it containing gold??
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    highbanker waterflow

    do you guys think this is to much water flow?? defiantly to much flow on the second sluice but the first one
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    recirculation highbanker help.

    Hi everyone. found a nice gravel spot in a gully its got some nice gold in it only issue its about 2km away from any water. my goal was to set up my highbanker with a recirulation and put in 2 days worth of shoveling into it over the weekend. how do i go about making a recirulation unit and how...
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    Sample and crush or not

    Found this quartz seem in an old mine. Do you think it be worth picking some out and crushing it to see if there any gold. There is a 1.5 meter quartz reef about 5 metres away from this. I'm guessing the old timers gave up because the there no gold in the big reef but is it worth picking some...
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    how much gold/tonne to make a profit

    found this old mine report at a garage sale and its a 2 level mine depth at 40 metres. with an tunnel on level 2.. there is a geology report dated at 1985 and it says 5 samples taken from the face and samples are .03 G/T .01 G/T 3.82 G/T 1.89 G/T and 17.71G/T the mine closed due to the war and...
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    what do you see here???

    Good day every one. what do you guys see in these photos.. if you look to the left of the photos you can see a large flat area (assuming this is the oringinal surface ground) the old timer dug from. what im not sure about is all the long moulds in the middle of the trenching... are these...
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    mine shafts depth

    Hi everyone. mighgt be a silly question but i thought ill ask to fully understand. when people talk about they got x amount of gold for a depth of say 400 feet. im assuming there talking about the sunk a shaft to 400 feet then tunneled off from there??? or they saying they got all that gold...
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    creswick creeks

    merry xmas all.. i got family doen from interstate and they want to go out prospecting while we all are staying in ballarat for a few days.. im thinking of taking them to creswick to spend a day with the pans and maybe the high banker if theres water. a few questions i have never panned...
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    what is this???

    I found this on a old mine dump any idea what mineral it is??
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    Nerrina area still rich???

    i'v seen on a ballarat gold facebook page that heap of gold still been found in Nerrina. a mate and i spent the past 2 days with 2 sdc2300 and came up empty well not empty just no gold... i went on the facebook page and of cause only to see a few other getting and nice colour on the same day...
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    can you run 2 sdc2300 next to each other

    i here it all the time you cant run 2 4500 or 5000 mext to each other they getting interferences. but what about 2 2300??
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    what is biggest piece of gold found in a sluice

    can you find any decent size gold in a sluice. i have noticed i havnt found any decent size gold biggest pieces i have found are when iv test panned the area first why is this.. test pan says the bigger gold is there but all the biggest pieces i have found have been in a pan testing the area...
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    why is there clay

    noticed when i was out digging behind the bed rock as i made it closer to the creek bed i hit clay and not muck more river rock.. but if you look up 5 metres in the high bank you can see its pack tight with river rock.. why is there a section of clay as you get to the bank and not much river...
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    highbanking a bend worth it??

    before I start I know test sample first.... BUT here my reason on asking. over the years when water is available I been prospecting a creek that is about 1hours away from home and is a pain to get to overgrown and steep. I called in there on Tuesday to see if its got water due to the rain we...
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    what area to start at

    my plans got cancelled on wednesday so im thinking of hiring a 2300 for the day.. can any members point me to a good spot to find so gold.. ill be hiring it from Ballarat so im thinking Creswick. but where??? any help would be great as i dont know the area at all. Thanks
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