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Black Hill - Ballarat Gold Mining History - great spot for a wander
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 36550" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Great Link!!!! Should be mandatory reading.</p><p></p><p>The debate is that the indicators are coincidental, bit like where there is quartz there is gold which is not always true. I went to a discussion some years ago where several Uni lecturers debated the matter with some very experienced prospectors. The lecturers were looking at the micro biology of gold which is still ongoing. I will say this, I have found good gold using indicators never found one using micro biology. From my study the first one found or named was indeed the Ballarat Indicator. The indicators were used to follow certain belts of strata etc. I still get quite happy when I see the indicators and the associated bed characteristics - like the different coloured slates. Found a beaut little reef not long ago and sure enough dug down and hit the slates and quartz intersection - followed it to the next quartz layer and gold was present. It was the pitted blue slates common around Dunolly. If you can get a copy of the Victorian Prospectors Guide and handbook - it has a list of indicators across the Vic fields. I have listed as many as I can and then use the list to check the new areas I am in - great for hunting new ground. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the link and pictures - much appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 36550, member: 981"] Great Link!!!! Should be mandatory reading. The debate is that the indicators are coincidental, bit like where there is quartz there is gold which is not always true. I went to a discussion some years ago where several Uni lecturers debated the matter with some very experienced prospectors. The lecturers were looking at the micro biology of gold which is still ongoing. I will say this, I have found good gold using indicators never found one using micro biology. From my study the first one found or named was indeed the Ballarat Indicator. The indicators were used to follow certain belts of strata etc. I still get quite happy when I see the indicators and the associated bed characteristics - like the different coloured slates. Found a beaut little reef not long ago and sure enough dug down and hit the slates and quartz intersection - followed it to the next quartz layer and gold was present. It was the pitted blue slates common around Dunolly. If you can get a copy of the Victorian Prospectors Guide and handbook - it has a list of indicators across the Vic fields. I have listed as many as I can and then use the list to check the new areas I am in - great for hunting new ground. Thanks again for the link and pictures - much appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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