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Dismantling old timers mounds/mullocks - legalities???
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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast" data-source="post: 315476" data-attributes="member: 8209"><p>That is very true grubstake - a rule of thumb that I had learnt but since forgotten. </p><p></p><p>But, I wonder how much gold is at the bottom of the pile considering gold is often found in the shallow layers. The old boys may have dug through those initial layers heading for the deeper stuff without working it at all. </p><p></p><p>I was asking an older fella last week about an area that is near my home as he has frequented it many times and found lots of gold there. He has also found more than 50 ounces all over Australia and said that he's never found a bit of gold over about a foot and a half. Has dug plenty of deeper holes but they were junk. Reinforces to me that a lot of what we are chasing is in those first layers and might be on the bottom of the heaps. Or maybe not...it's worth a bit of sweat to find out - that's if I'm allowed to?? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast, post: 315476, member: 8209"] That is very true grubstake - a rule of thumb that I had learnt but since forgotten. But, I wonder how much gold is at the bottom of the pile considering gold is often found in the shallow layers. The old boys may have dug through those initial layers heading for the deeper stuff without working it at all. I was asking an older fella last week about an area that is near my home as he has frequented it many times and found lots of gold there. He has also found more than 50 ounces all over Australia and said that he's never found a bit of gold over about a foot and a half. Has dug plenty of deeper holes but they were junk. Reinforces to me that a lot of what we are chasing is in those first layers and might be on the bottom of the heaps. Or maybe not...it's worth a bit of sweat to find out - that's if I'm allowed to?? :D [/QUOTE]
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