Gold Rush - Alaska - The Motherload

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

I was trying to edit the post and messed it all up.

My original post was that I see that someone hits the motherload. I am saying I hope it is Parker or the Hoffmans and not Dakota Fred.

The show based on the how they edit it has Dakota Fred rubbing me the wrong way. Fred told the producer that the show makes him look like someone who is only out for himself but he is really a nice guy. My idea of a nice guy would have lent parker the electrical panel. However he did claim it was his "partner" who wanted $10k for the panel (or was it Fred?)

The Hoffmans seem to make all kinds of mistakes and bad decisions, and Parker is impulsive, but he is only 17!

Still I hope it is either of them, but at the same time if it is Fred, well good for him, I wish it where me! Maybe the next time on the river I will hit a pocket for a hundred ounces!

 

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[ejimbo4]

New guy back! Out of everything I heard last night what stuck in my mind was when they said they were getting a ounce of gold out of every 20 buckets on Todd's claim! After a lot of research last couple weeks I finally went out to my first creek Thursday and gave it a shot...after 4 hours of digging and panning I came away with one piece of flour gold! To me it might as well of been a nugget(LOL) and when I showed my son his reply was "At least you know there is gold in that creek" but I just think........20 buckets= 1 ounce! Man I got my work cut out for me!

 

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[Goodyguy]

New guy back! Out of everything I heard last night what stuck in my mind was when they said they were getting a ounce of gold out of every 20 buckets on Todd's claim! After a lot of research last couple weeks I finally went out to my first creek Thursday and gave it a shot...after 4 hours of digging and panning I came away with one piece of flour gold! To me it might as well of been a nugget(LOL) and when I showed my son his reply was "At least you know there is gold in that creek" but I just think........20 buckets= 1 ounce! Man I got my work cut out for me!

They were talking 20 front loader buckets which would equal around 800 five gallon buckets on a 1 yard front loader
You really got your work cut out for you

GG~

 

[jeff of pa]

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Now is if was the Redhead on Ghost Mine, Maybe

 

[rocamadour]

Interesting Show last night .

Parker finally hit the big time at the Discovery claim with 43 oz.
although his 300 feet long death road is an accident waiting to happen,
I can't believe his dad didn't insist the road be twice as wide
while they were building it.
and next week it
appears
he flips the truck.

at Porcupine creek old lady talked Dustin into flooding Fred's Glory Hole
and vacuuming (dredging) the cracks in the bedrock, against Fred's wishes.
total was 14 ounces so far

at Indian River, Todd took the night shift with no concern over Dave's equipment
almost completely undermining the Sluice box which could have caused it to fall.,
& jamming things up with rocks, just to outdo Dave & the day team.
Of course in the Morning Dave had to spend half the day cleaning up Todd's crews Mess.
which Previews Suggest Todd may Destroy or at least damage Dave's Sluice next week.
so todd can say "What the frick ?" AGAIN .
but they did set a record at 137 oz. total

Thanks Jeff for this sum up of last episode.

Roc

 

[jmkesler]

I'm telling you, that gray blue clay they're working at Porcupine Creek is some potent stuff. I finally got out there and ran 3 (5 gallon) buckets of my blue gray material and got a nice bit of color today.



The dredge is a great idea. They don't call it the blue lead for nothing.

 

[improvmechanic]

Night shift should truck dirt from indian River.

If quartz creek was the claim with the "super dirt" why wasn't he truckin dirt up to Dave the MOMENT his trommel crapped out?Then they wouldn't have had to waste time opening the upper bench right? Coulda kept dirt flowing the whole time.
SPOILER
I liked Dave's comment at the beginning of that show. "Todd, do not break that wash plant."

 

[KevinInColorado]

Heavy sigh...well the first reason could be that the leases are with different owners so they can't be mixing the concentrates can they?

Mine it and recycle it!

 

[jeff of pa]

Heavy sigh...well the first reason is that the leases are with different owners so they can't be mixing the concentrates can they?

Aaaah ! good point.

they would need 2 time consuming clean outs a day.

 

[improvmechanic]

Well.... There's something that tells you I'm a recreational prospector, not a businessman. Didn't even think about that. Too bad though isn't it?

 

[jeff of pa]

Well.... There's something that tells you I'm a recreational prospector, not a businessman. Didn't even think about that. Too bad though isn't it?

Yes it is.

All that other good ground ready to go & just sitting there

 

[Jason in Enid]

I seriously doubt there is any true % split with the claim owners. I'm sure the discovery channel has paid them hard cash to allow the hoffmans to mine their land, because we have seen how often they run gold off the end of their wash plants.

 

[jeff of pa]

because we have seen how often they run gold off the end of their wash plants.

 

[KevinInColorado]

I seriously doubt there is any true % split with the claim owners. I'm sure the discovery channel has paid them hard cash to allow the hoffmans to mine their land, because we have seen how often they run gold off the end of their wash plants.

Excellent point! Definitely could be true.

Mine it and recycle it!

 

[Goodyguy]

I must be loosing it... I thought it was the same guy that owned both claims.
Now I must go back and watch the first episode for this season again.

 

[jeff of pa]

I must be loosing it... I thought it was the same guy that owned both claims.
Now I must go back and watch the first episode for this season again.

you may be right GG because when the investor needed to see gold
they took him to Daves

of course he was just an investor not an owner so

 

[okbasspro]

I seriously doubt there is any true % split with the claim owners. I'm sure the discovery channel has paid them hard cash to allow the hoffmans to mine their land, because we have seen how often they run gold off the end of their wash plants.

What a sweet deal pay me for my gold dig it up and pile it in the tailings and leave it for me.I am not doing something right I have to find my own ground dig by butt off take care of my equipment just for a penny worth of yellow.Maybe if I quit my job go into 1 million in debt I can be a Discovery Channel Miner.

 

[Sportsman]

I think the claim owner is the same but the cut was different for the upper cut which would create the need for separate clean outs.

 

[Sportsman]

I think the claim owner is the same but the cut was different for the upper cut which would create the need for separate clean outs.

I mean percentage to claim owner different. "Cut" was poor choice of words in this case.

 

[rocamadour]

Heavy sigh...well the first reason is that the leases are with different owners so they can't be mixing the concentrates can they?

Mine it and recycle it!

They did carried Quartz creek dirt to Indian river washplant to clean. Todd said it on his Facebook blog :

"15 dec 2012

I went on TV to reach people so I'm trying to do a good job with that so be patient with me I'm a work in progress. The show makes it look like my guys were not doing anything on the mine while the Trommel showed up. That's silly. My guys were providing pay dirt for Indian River. I usually don't comment much on the show , but when you take away from the work of my guys busting ass I got to speak up. The stripping is the biggest thing not the sluicing. Stripping permafrost is where all your cost is. The best dozer guys were my new guys Mitch and Andy not to take anything away from Dozer Dave but these guys went above the call of duty. Kevin, Walt and of course my nephews Sterling and Logan were awesome. Mitch is heading to Volvo for more training in case we mine again next year. "

So, if they carried dirt from QC to Indian River, that would mean that the two claims belongs to the same owner. If not, he was stealing dirt from one owner to give it to another owner. Why did Discovery never showed or disclosed this important information of great interest for the show. Is it because Todd never carried that dirst to IR? Is it because the two claims owners are not the same and by showing the stealing of dirt they could cause problems to Todd? I'm sure of just one thing : the dirt was carried to IR. They were out of dirt rapidly and the only logic reason is that they carried it elsewhere.

 

[Goodyguy]

Greg McNeil owns both the Indian River claims and The Quartz Creek claims and he gets 10% of the gold recovered from both claims including the upper cut.

Parker is the one dealing with two separate claim owners and different percentages..... C'mon guys keep up

GG~