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by Joe S (AK)
Sun Dec 22, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Ho, Ho, Ho & Happy, Happy!
Replies: 12
Views: 467

Ho, Ho, Ho & Happy, Happy!

Just a quick post to wish all my many friends here on the forum the very best Christmas and, of course, a great New Year. Now, that may not be a Gold related post this time - but I think I'll do it anyway. :lol: I hope that this New Year will finally start the recovery process to regain the common v...
by Joe S (AK)
Thu Nov 28, 2024 5:34 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: The Kink
Replies: 4
Views: 305

Re: The Kink

Well now Eric, that was a real spellbinding first post! Welcome aboard here on the AK Au 4 M Merry-Go-Round. You can bet that I'll be anxiously waiting to hear more tales from your spot there on the Kink. So what size dredge, what kinds of river material and, most importantly, what sizes of Gold wer...
by Joe S (AK)
Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Old Topo Markings
Replies: 9
Views: 649

Re: Old Topo Markings

Wan'-a-guess from me? :shock: Parallel solid blue lines .... possibly current, or at least current back then, streambed. Dotted in gold color .... inside bends with possible / probable or confirmed placer Gold concentrations. Blue dashes .... edges or probable limits of the placer concentrations. Ho...
by Joe S (AK)
Fri Oct 25, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Russia/BRICS to create new precious metals exchange ?
Replies: 1
Views: 217

Re: Russia/BRICS to create new precious metals exchange ?

'Tis all speculation until it actually happens. Interesting, but then I guess it's just wait and see time at this point.

:shock:
Joe
by Joe S (AK)
Sat Oct 19, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Old Topo Markings
Replies: 9
Views: 649

Re: Old Topo Markings

Well, easy goer, I heard from my buddy - and now I have seen a WHOLE lot of geological "stuff" that he sent me. My brain is in overload - however ..... I suspect that what you have is a geological "map" overlaid on a USGS topo map with someone's observational (or research) notes penciled in. The act...
by Joe S (AK)
Wed Oct 16, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Old Topo Markings
Replies: 9
Views: 649

Re: Old Topo Markings

Rather than a Topo Map, it seems to be a geological (sub-surface rock type) chart which might (I can't actually see if contour / elevation lines are shown) be projected onto an actual, for real, Topo Map. That's the best that I can make out - working at the ragged and faltering extent of my experien...
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: A Heard and Verified Story From 19 Years Ago
Replies: 1
Views: 340

A Heard and Verified Story From 19 Years Ago

A story as Told to Me in My Tent 7 miles West of Nome by Robin, and later his brother, Mark . June of ’05 found me mining on the beaches West of Nome. For miles on each side of Nome the beaches had been declared open to mining for the general public, which allowed anyone the opportunity to work unoc...
by Joe S (AK)
Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Season Updates?
Replies: 9
Views: 1088

Re: Season Updates?

Yeah guys - I just have an older model of a True Temper #2 hand held. Really does well on fuel but it also really wears you out!

:lol: :lol: :lol:
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Operational improvements for improving hand mining (highbanking) efficiency - Lean Manufacturing style
Replies: 5
Views: 1084

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

Hmmm Slatco, There is something that helps to get more bank run through a box -- and it's pretty easy no matter what well running box you use. In the past I've mentioned simply saving all your concentrates over a certain time of running (a day, a weekend, a week or so) and then, at the very last set...
by Joe S (AK)
Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Gold Prospecting Forum
Topic: Ice Cold GOLD?
Replies: 1
Views: 568

Re: Ice Cold GOLD?

I guess we all have "really cold" stories of our own - mine being the winter of 66-67 where at Mendeltna Creek (it's now called just "Mendeltna" and still found where it always had been at mile 153 of the Glenn) it was down to -151 for a few nights. The big thing is that that was air temperature. No...