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How to break sticky white clay down
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<blockquote data-quote="SWright" data-source="post: 441198" data-attributes="member: 1541"><p>Hi ken2m</p><p></p><p>That stuff looks like what the old timers up at Reedy called Cement. It is a very old river sediment now cemented into a rock. Needs crushing and washing. The same principle apply to modern sediments. You need to find the old channels. Also more modern terrace material was deposited on top of the cement. It is worth taking a dustpan and small broom and testing the tops of these layers. Its the sticky grey clay at Reedy that you need to avoid. Not only has little or no gold but unless you break it down completely it will form little clay balls in your pan or sluice and pick up the gold and wash it out.</p><p></p><p>Araluen</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SWright, post: 441198, member: 1541"] Hi ken2m That stuff looks like what the old timers up at Reedy called Cement. It is a very old river sediment now cemented into a rock. Needs crushing and washing. The same principle apply to modern sediments. You need to find the old channels. Also more modern terrace material was deposited on top of the cement. It is worth taking a dustpan and small broom and testing the tops of these layers. Its the sticky grey clay at Reedy that you need to avoid. Not only has little or no gold but unless you break it down completely it will form little clay balls in your pan or sluice and pick up the gold and wash it out. Araluen [/QUOTE]
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