1860s Chinese tailing piles???

[flopper]

1860's Chinese tailing piles

Does anyone know if there is still gold to be found out there or a waste of time

 

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[flopper]

Oh by Vernita bridge..

 

[kuger]

.....the chinese did not leave much...they were very meticulous and thorough

 

[flopper]

I heard they reworked them twice. I have read though that the gravel bars on the Columbia replenish with placer gold don't know how true that is.

 

[lgadbois]

Gold is found almost everywhere. Gold can be found in ocean water. The gold along the Columbia river is very fine and is difficult recover. In some cases, the particles are much smaller than grains of silica beach sand. The Chinese used mercury in their pans to capture the flour gold. During the latter years of the 1800s placer gold was valued at ten to fifteen dollars an ounce. It was common in those days for a worker to be paid $20 per month by the railroad or as a ranch hand. On some bars along the Columbia it was possible to pan close to a day's wages (about one gram) if you were willing to work all day. After the dams were built along the Columbia, the higher water levels have reduced access to the older gravel bars. Where you see black sand there usually is flour gold with it.

 

[Rick60]

I just found a lot of gold on the Columbia river and it is much bigger than a grain of sand , the guys post here about gold on the Columbia river have never mined it like I have and do everyday 08/06/ 2015 !!!

 

[Rick60]

Gold is not found almost everywhere it is not found in Walla county in Wa state or Columbia county in Wa state , GOLD is where it has been found before if you do a lot of mining like I do everyday on the Columbia, Yakima and Snake rivers you would know about gold mining not BS like you are trying to lay on thick !!!

 

[mike(swWash)]

RICK, we need pictures to keep our spirits up.
There is some nice gold on upper benches and ancient dry channels along the Columbia R.....Down on the sand bars it's tiny but if you find the right spot it can be a down right great time for a while. I have friends that get it high and low on the river but It's a bit far for me to go right now. Let us see the gold porn to keep us in the mood.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

.....the chinese did not leave much...they were very meticulous and thorough

That's as much rumor and hearsay as it is true. I've got a friend who owns a commercial operation in SW Montana. This is on a small creek. He tells me he is constantly surprised by the amount of gold the Chinese miners left behind. He finds Chinese artifacts, including digging tools, right where he's getting gold. Probably, the Chinese were more meticulous than the white miners, and that's how they got that reputation, but they were far from perfect.
Jim