need to know HOW they were mineing au,,,,,

[wurthless]

so I can get a better idea WHERE to hunt for left-overs. I have piles that I was told were hand stacked river rock

-is there gonna be nugets in those piles?

-where did they process the fines? is'nt that where I should look?

I also have hydroic mines in the area,,,,,

-do i run up and down the drain/run-off chute ?

is there a place you can point me to to learn the processes they may have used,,,,, thanks

[El Dorado]

Don't bother with the hand stacked piles. Try to find areas that they did not completely wash out. Also go over any exposed bedrock. Be ready to deal with loads of trash

[Hoser John]

amen El D nailed it as usual-gold miners make the bedrock and good to go forevermore-John

[wurthless]

yes I have found the smallest bit of trash,,,, so me thinks if there were au there I'd have it also !!!!! thanks gents !!!

[wurthless]

so is this correct thinking,,, they found a deposit of river wash laden with au,,, hand picked the bigger rocks out while shoveling the smaller fines into a wheel barrow or what-ever to move it to the sluice,,,, ran the material thru and that material should be in piles some where near all these rock piles...... those should be worth a look as some au could have gotten thru the sluice correct/no ??

[wes]

yes somtimes the screened out tailings are good to look in - junk that was either screened or shoveled out of the sluices. Look for piles with smaller rocks.

[homefire]

DIDO what El Dorado said.

If there was gold there , it's Still there.

Go to Bed Rock and do the Slits and Cracks. Clean them puppies out and Pan it.

You WILL FIND GOLD if it's there.