The Alaska Gold Forums

Bedrock Drain Gold Back in March of 2011, I did some reading/research about a goldfield (rare, out-of-print book) that was worked in the 1890's, and found a couple of fascinating accounts. In one of the references, a company of men was hired to cut a bedrock drain for a hydraulic operation; they cu...

Many thanks for your kind words, truly appreciate them.

All the best,

Lanny

Local miners and exploration Way up north where the wolverines roam, we were out one day cutting firewood, then took off to find drinking water. We found a local spring up the canyon with sweet water whose taste finished with a slight buzz on the tongue, strange, but great stuff. The next morning, ...

An explanation on the nature of boulder clay, and glacial gold action People have asked me what boulder clay is. Well, the only explanation I have comes from local knowledge shared with me by the placer miners in the northlands. When the glaciers were running many miles deep, and countless miles wi...

Another great story Lanny. Oh, for the wisdom and knowledge we have now, only to wish we had it back then. I can also identify with "near death" experiences while taking a supposedly short cut. Funny how those short cuts almost never work out the way we thought they would. Yes, completely agree--sh...

Suction Eddy Gold, Part II My brain at last connected that directly above me was the bedrock hump, and here was steeply rising bedrock trending in the same direction. Talk about a cross-wired brain (and one snapped shut, remember?)! In hindsight, the eddy exposed a shelf that must have connected to...

Sounds great Would love to read your stories.

All the best,

Lanny

Jim, I know just the type of spade rivets you're talking about. They are the old ones.

Maybe one day you could elaborate a bit more on some of those other mysteries?

All the best,

Lanny

Suction Eddy Gold, Part I I prospected a river quite a while back. It was far to the north, down in a steep canyon lined with lots of alders, pine, and fir. Rugged slopes led down to the stream, and I was trying to find a spot where I could detect or pan for some of the nice coarse gold the area wa...

No nuggets in smooth bedrock? Most of the time, smooth bedrock doesn't hold gold, but I have run across some spectacular nugget finds in smooth bedrock. Even if the surface has been pounded smooth or weathered flat, it doesn't mean that there weren't cracks in the bedrock before those massive re-sh...