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by Fleng
Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:32 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Make your own mind up on .......................
Replies: 7
Views: 7906

Re: Make your own mind up on .......................

I appreciate those suggestions and anyone else who might like to chime in.
by Fleng
Sun Apr 27, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Make your own mind up on .......................
Replies: 7
Views: 7906

Re: Make your own mind up on .......................

First of all thanks Joe for posting this product. It seems to offer a very practical alternative to other concentrating surfaces. Being light and flexible it would travel very well. I found this video comparison to the Gold Cube conveyor matting interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-TqQz24V...
by Fleng
Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Operational improvements for improving hand mining (highbanking) efficiency - Lean Manufacturing style
Replies: 5
Views: 5998

Re: Operational improvements for improving hand mining (highbanking) efficiency - Lean Manufacturing style

Could we expand the discussion to include manual methods. I think it should be allowable to use a stationary bike to drive a sluice or alternator/battery/water pump combo. California is waiting.
by Fleng
Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Hoffman Family Gold Season 2
Replies: 3
Views: 2087

Re: Hoffman Family Gold Season 2

Good link.
Will watch.
by Fleng
Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Jim Foley Update
Replies: 6
Views: 5242

Re: Jim Foley Update

Very sad news Linda. Please accept my deepest condolences.
Fleng
by Fleng
Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:23 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Drift mining help
Replies: 12
Views: 9385

Re: Drift mining help

Got a family member who used to drift mine for coal in Illinois of all places. He would jack drill and blast to follow the drift. His specialty was stabilizing the walls with gunnite on rebar-basically rough concrete walls. Makes wine caves in California now. First one was Alexander Valley Vineyards...
by Fleng
Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:08 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Another Top Notch Recovery by Jim
Replies: 6
Views: 4430

Re: Another Top Notch Recovery by Jim

Ditto, Jim.
Good job as admin.
by Fleng
Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:07 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Spiral Gold Wheels
Replies: 9
Views: 5630

Re: Spiral Gold Wheels

Sounds like the camel wheel is pretty durable. There is also a pretty long shaker table thread. I want to set up a system to run test holes so I can evaluate 30 foot boring samples. I figure if I can measure the gold along the way I don't have to lug the entire bore sample back to a lab. That would ...
by Fleng
Thu Jun 09, 2022 10:54 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Wild Abandon, Shakers and Old Jalopies Back on the Claim
Replies: 9
Views: 6043

Re: Wild Abandon, Shakers and Old Jalopies Back on the Claim

Maybe Geo can scan the 800 pages and post it for us? :lol: :lol: