The Alaska Gold Forums

I love these recent prices! Sold my last bit of gold for $2,777/oz CAN.... Economics for scaling up the placer mine are starting to look favorable! (Not quite enough to quit the day job steady income lol)

Hi Joe/Chicken- Started recruiting and even though most of my contacts are BC miners and not Alaska, alot of what we talk about is universal to placer mining.

https://www.westcoastplacer.com/drilling/

I guess these guys would be a option

Thanks Dick. I have been mulling this over for years and have not really came up with any good solutions...

My buddy has some deep placer ground (100ft) that we would like to test some day. Just wondering most economical way to do so. I see auger mounted nodwell drills, excavators or skid steers with rotary drivers but will they have the capacity to go deep? Is there something that can be built for this? ...

@chickenminer - How did it go with your hand made trough/setup? I finally got a a spare hand to take a vid but it was on one of my worst testing days and it was only a 3 gram cleanup so it doesn't really do it justice...

Thanks for sharing. With the time and effort you put forth in up front research, the odds of it working are better than the average, that is for sure!

Ya, he is a autobody guy by trade and teaches at one of the local colleges.

Just watched the season premier last night (I think the USA got it earlier than Canada). Seems like they are going back to the well with the sketchy river crossing and the internal father/son drama. Really teamed up with Komatsu (SMS dealer is outta Alberta), will be interesting to see if they get a...

Geo/Jim - Great tips and something that I had not thought of. Priceless education from the free sharing of experience, so kudos for that!