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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
A new respect for the prospectors of old
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<blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 184316" data-attributes="member: 1297"><p>Hi all I turned up a nice looking sample from the side of an old shaft a couple of weeks ago. it was a very small sample as I only had a small geopic at the time, but when crushed & panned it showed a nice little tail of gold.</p><p>So I decided to go back (with a mate) and take a bigger one to see if it was just blind luck or was I really onto a good thing. My mate had something on yesturday arvo so we decided to head up in the morning as I estimated it would only take 15minutes to knock down a 30kg size sample with hammer & gad. Well an hour a good sweat, a couple of blisters and a sore back latter and I now have a better appreciation for just how had the old timers did it. :8 </p><p>Below is the results of my labours. drying before running thru the flail mill.<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1297/1440912024_p1030099.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The bucket on the left holds the limonite/ironstone ore, the one on the right is the solid quartz with ironstone still attached. The stuff on the sheets is the mullock that I will check also. </p><p>and a close up of the ore <img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1297/1440912085_p1030102.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>regards jethro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jethro, post: 184316, member: 1297"] Hi all I turned up a nice looking sample from the side of an old shaft a couple of weeks ago. it was a very small sample as I only had a small geopic at the time, but when crushed & panned it showed a nice little tail of gold. So I decided to go back (with a mate) and take a bigger one to see if it was just blind luck or was I really onto a good thing. My mate had something on yesturday arvo so we decided to head up in the morning as I estimated it would only take 15minutes to knock down a 30kg size sample with hammer & gad. Well an hour a good sweat, a couple of blisters and a sore back latter and I now have a better appreciation for just how had the old timers did it. :8 Below is the results of my labours. drying before running thru the flail mill.[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1297/1440912024_p1030099.jpg[/img] The bucket on the left holds the limonite/ironstone ore, the one on the right is the solid quartz with ironstone still attached. The stuff on the sheets is the mullock that I will check also. and a close up of the ore [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/1297/1440912085_p1030102.jpg[/img] regards jethro. [/QUOTE]
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