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Dry blowing in Moliagul
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<blockquote data-quote="MJB" data-source="post: 417198" data-attributes="member: 1222"><p>Just remember that old Mullock heaps are exactly that...Mullock! We are hoping that the old timers did not realise that they had hit the pay layer already and inadvertently tossed some gold into the waste pile(mullock). Another type of tailings pile are the ones with rounded quartz stones in amongst the smaller rocks and gravel. If it is located by a water race or other water source it is likely to be a pile of raked rocks that the old timers forked out of their sluice box or long tom when it got clogged up. They washed it but as we all know sometimes a rock needs a good scrub to get all the dirt and clay off it. They did not care for it so they just got them out of the sluice box. Now all those little bits of clay and dirt have come loose and we can reprocess the same dirt and rocks to pick up the AU they left behind with our dry blowers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MJB, post: 417198, member: 1222"] Just remember that old Mullock heaps are exactly that...Mullock! We are hoping that the old timers did not realise that they had hit the pay layer already and inadvertently tossed some gold into the waste pile(mullock). Another type of tailings pile are the ones with rounded quartz stones in amongst the smaller rocks and gravel. If it is located by a water race or other water source it is likely to be a pile of raked rocks that the old timers forked out of their sluice box or long tom when it got clogged up. They washed it but as we all know sometimes a rock needs a good scrub to get all the dirt and clay off it. They did not care for it so they just got them out of the sluice box. Now all those little bits of clay and dirt have come loose and we can reprocess the same dirt and rocks to pick up the AU they left behind with our dry blowers. [/QUOTE]
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