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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Old timers, to break even
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 670103" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Wondered the same thing. What I have often found, from surface detecting of heaps, is that good looking gravel are frequently barren but the bits of clay (decomposed bedrock often white or grey) contain much better gold.</p><p>Perhaps originally the gravels were very loose and the gold just worked its way fully through the gravel and deposited on or in the bedrock which later decomposed the clay. That would have left the gravels relatively poor.</p><p>I’m sure the old timers would, as a result of their own trial and errors and conversations with fellow diggers, have recognised the true gold bearing layers by appearance and concentrated their processing time on the most likely layers.</p><p>Still it’s hard not to try to prove them wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 670103, member: 4728"] Wondered the same thing. What I have often found, from surface detecting of heaps, is that good looking gravel are frequently barren but the bits of clay (decomposed bedrock often white or grey) contain much better gold. Perhaps originally the gravels were very loose and the gold just worked its way fully through the gravel and deposited on or in the bedrock which later decomposed the clay. That would have left the gravels relatively poor. I’m sure the old timers would, as a result of their own trial and errors and conversations with fellow diggers, have recognised the true gold bearing layers by appearance and concentrated their processing time on the most likely layers. Still it’s hard not to try to prove them wrong. [/QUOTE]
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