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Small Scale Gold Mining
Digging a hole like the old timers
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<blockquote data-quote="crazyk" data-source="post: 53442" data-attributes="member: 2155"><p>Wow thanks Village that's some info. </p><p></p><p>The area i was in is ballan near daylesford. It's a friends property so I don't really want to upset them too much!</p><p></p><p>I did a little more research and do you think the oily appearance could be highly mineralised water? The are up to daylesford is renowned for their mineral springs. </p><p></p><p>Also that stuff is rock hard, no pun intended there, so I think it would be quite difficult to bore by hand with an auger. </p><p></p><p>What I also noticed. Was that these rocky outcrops on the banks were generally on the outside bends so this would lend me to think the river/stream has changed course over hundreds of years so maybe I need to start digging inland?</p><p></p><p>Sorry if this has hijacked your thread</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazyk, post: 53442, member: 2155"] Wow thanks Village that's some info. The area i was in is ballan near daylesford. It's a friends property so I don't really want to upset them too much! I did a little more research and do you think the oily appearance could be highly mineralised water? The are up to daylesford is renowned for their mineral springs. Also that stuff is rock hard, no pun intended there, so I think it would be quite difficult to bore by hand with an auger. What I also noticed. Was that these rocky outcrops on the banks were generally on the outside bends so this would lend me to think the river/stream has changed course over hundreds of years so maybe I need to start digging inland? Sorry if this has hijacked your thread [/QUOTE]
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