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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 36656" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Zakman - no and have not heard anything about them either. Have you see John Tully's map series of the triangle? His maps do not have topo or geo data and are indicative of goldfields, leads, reefs and the like so to get a broader view some work is required. I guess some folk do what Rumball has done - get old maps , old reports, current geo maps, current topo maps, current deep lead maps and then create overlays using sheets of stiffened plastic. Tully does have grid references and some GPS references so to create the overlays is not too bad. The issue becomes with the old published and unpublished maps trying to do the distance conversions (chains to metres etc) and find out exactly where you are on these old maps. Hint: If they have railway lines they are a pretty close match. I have also found that some modern maps have 'old gold workings' as a map note in places unreported. What I can tell you is that I have spent many hours on these overlays and the majority of times the spots I find are patchy and scratchy at best (hence why the old timers left them alone) but have had some good luck as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 36656, member: 981"] Zakman - no and have not heard anything about them either. Have you see John Tully's map series of the triangle? His maps do not have topo or geo data and are indicative of goldfields, leads, reefs and the like so to get a broader view some work is required. I guess some folk do what Rumball has done - get old maps , old reports, current geo maps, current topo maps, current deep lead maps and then create overlays using sheets of stiffened plastic. Tully does have grid references and some GPS references so to create the overlays is not too bad. The issue becomes with the old published and unpublished maps trying to do the distance conversions (chains to metres etc) and find out exactly where you are on these old maps. Hint: If they have railway lines they are a pretty close match. I have also found that some modern maps have 'old gold workings' as a map note in places unreported. What I can tell you is that I have spent many hours on these overlays and the majority of times the spots I find are patchy and scratchy at best (hence why the old timers left them alone) but have had some good luck as well. [/QUOTE]
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