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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
clay mullock heaps
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<blockquote data-quote="G0lddigg@" data-source="post: 158199" data-attributes="member: 357"><p>basically when they started sinking a shaft they'd build up a lip so as to keep any water out of the hole if it rained, as you could imagine once they hit a wash layer tey'd bucket it up no doubt spilling bits clay whihc eventually break down with rain and weather and sit tere waiting for us to pick them up. wheni go out with the drywasher i oly everytake the top 2 inches off the mullock as they tend to hold 90% of the gol it get. </p><p></p><p>pipeclay is a great indicator ... last to come out means they were working the clay, its a pain to work but in a gully usually has good returns. the size of the 13 pieces you picked up are proof enought arent they <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="G0lddigg@, post: 158199, member: 357"] basically when they started sinking a shaft they'd build up a lip so as to keep any water out of the hole if it rained, as you could imagine once they hit a wash layer tey'd bucket it up no doubt spilling bits clay whihc eventually break down with rain and weather and sit tere waiting for us to pick them up. wheni go out with the drywasher i oly everytake the top 2 inches off the mullock as they tend to hold 90% of the gol it get. pipeclay is a great indicator ... last to come out means they were working the clay, its a pain to work but in a gully usually has good returns. the size of the 13 pieces you picked up are proof enought arent they :) [/QUOTE]
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