Sample Pan Dan
Bronze Member
Glad you are doing well out there Jeff
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I will be heading into town on the 1st to battle the hordes at wally world. I will also dry and weigh the gold I've extracted from this first test area and get it on the scale to get an exact weight on it. My scale is so sensitive that I haven't been able to get it to work right because of the wind out here. Heck, just trying to type up notes on the computer at times is an adventure in itself.
Other than the new tent for $150.00 I won't be making any other equipment purchases this trip in. Got to start saving up to get a new MineLab, but I'm not going to cut back on the beans and bullets more than I have to.
Things learned this month:
1. Its going to take every barrel I've got to be able to stockpile enough processing water!! to,get through a month in this area. I haven't found a nice little spring like I had at the last place.
2. Going to have to start adding something to the sluice water to kill off the bacteria that's been growing in the tank. Mucking out that tank has become one smelly job.
3. Drop riffle types of boxes seem to be what is working best in this area so far. Mat based systems clog up too quick to be practical. Half a bucket of materials and I was "Flat Boarding" because the mats were so clogged with black sands. (No...this increase of black sand did not translate to an increase of gold.)
4. Having your research on a computer is good, but ALWAYS have a hard copy backup in case the technology fails. All the research in the world isn't going to do you a bit of good if you can't access it when you need it!!!
Once again mother nature has shown me why I love being a miner. The other night I went out of the tent around midnight to answer natures call and was treated to a night sky in which every single star and planet could be seen. It was clear as a bell and the only light pollution was a bit of glow to the northwest from "Lost Wages". I really wish I had a good telescope with me. It would have been awesome!!!
It's the little things like this that make this job worth doing. All the gold in the world couldn't buy a view like that....
I live in the woods but get to see good stars every now and again through the openings and when i lay on the street. Not a whole lot of light out here where i live but you can see where the shopping centers lights are a few miles away.