Comment on Todd Hoffman’s Book Deal? by Brenda Hull

When Todd and I were up at the mine he spoke to me about a idea he had for a book.  He wanted me as well as all of the miners to write a chapter for him.  He told me the book was about “Fear!”  I heard Todd has told his friends that he signed a book deal with Discovery Channel so I thought I would give you a sneak peak.  This letter was sent out from Todd’s Crosstracker Christian Hunting Club.   Without further adieu:  Todd’s own words on the show Gold Rush Alaska (unedited of course)  that premieres the fourth episode on January 7th, 2011 at 10:00 on Discovery Channel.

Todd Hoffman December 19 at 12:06am
I walk into a large room filled with evil baddas demons and they part the room as I walk through because Im a serious spiritual badass. They cringe because I got blood and guts all over my sword. My shield has dents in it and so does my helmet, but they can see that I basically kick ass and they dont want to be the next chunk of meat on my sword. Behind me a few more guys walk stroll in and they are the same as me.

We walk over to a pile of demons on top of one of our people feeding on them trying to finish them off. We walk over and surround them and then one of our guys who is an encourager starts to whisper in his ear. Another guy comes and helps him up and another one teaches them how to use there sword and another one gives him a shield. All of the sudden we have another ass kicker along side of us.
One guy at a time we begin to move forward.

>>>>>

Of course Satan tries to tell me Im nothing and Im a crappy Christian and I have nothing to offer. He tells me not to write you guys that my heart is black and I have nothing to say. He tells me tries to make me fearful. Fear wells up inside of me as people look at me because Im on TV.

Well guess what, so what, Im going to push forward and yes my heart is dark that is why I need a savior. Did I treat Dorsey perfect, no I didnt. I hade to apologize to him and him me. He would challenge my authority and I didnt like that. Is he a bad guy, no he isnt. Hes a good husband and father. You dont want him running a piece of equipment near you though, but so what, you dont want me teaching you how to snowboard and he is one of the best.

No we are not close anymore, but someday maybe we will be, but who cares, your not going to like everybody and people are going to hate you just because. Whatever, get over it.

Most of you guys have been following me for a long time, through thick and thin. My marriage is way better. Those dark times are gone ,but rest assured will return. We will cycle through good times and bad, we are fallen.

like the pittle picture I painted at the top of the letter, that is actually what is really going on. Its hard to believe but as you guys join with other believers and move mens hearts forward, that is exactly what is going on. Pray for me because Im moving the ball forward and in episode 10 the ball is thrown out there for millions of people to see. I negotiated this small event. I was born at night brothers, but not last night.

Not everything in the show is exactly real, its mostly real. Its not easy shooting a tv show, its super hard. Hardestthing I have ever done. I came up to the door and didnt knock, I just decided while we are here, lets just kick the door in. Thats how guys like us do it, Amen? Now there are a couple hints I have given you. I have said that Im going to build the best website in the world. I have also said a few things about MMA. These are a few shows I have been working on before I go mining again with my brothers.

I truely believe that you crosstrackers reached hundreds of thousands of people in facebook about GoldRush. Goldrush is beating all the major networks out. It was the highest premiere since deadliest catch. Do you think think that is an accident? No it was not. No Im not a prefect Christian to carry the batton. In my weekness CHrist will be glorified. I used to have a good fullback when I ran the ball I would tuck in behind him then break out and get the yards. My full back took the pain and the big hits and no glory and I came through with the bal and moved the yards.

Maybe my fat butt is the fullback and Jack my father is the running back. He reaches lives for Christ. My friend Greg reaches lives, maybe they will hate me but watch and learn to love me dad and learn about Christ.

Who knows, but get outside of your boxes, its time. We are going to take back our country not just politically, but spiritually. Do not be afraid brothers, I know your in sin and your not perfect, but go forth and make fishers of men. You light will shine your sins are forgiven brothers.

Two million guys are watching me every friday night. Think about that. If I can do this, you can talk to the guy at work. Im taking genades like crazy, but Im sacrifising my life as an example for you guys. Discovery flew a guy out to talk to me, because they want to work out our deal for next year.

I told them Im not doing this for money, Im doing this to reach the hearts of men and introduce them to Jesus. They just kinda look at me.

Its like they are in charge, they are not in charge! God is in charge. WE SERVE THE MOST HIGH GOD. NOT ALL OF MY MOVES WERE GODLY UP THERE, NOT ALL MY MOTIVES WERE GODLY, NOT ALL MY CREW WAS GODLY, BUT WE SERVE THE MOST HIGH AND THIS IS A PLAY THAT THE LORD WILL USE TO WIN HEARTS.

People wonder if Im a little nuts, well ofcourse I am I say. Are you the guy to run back into the burning house to save someone. I am. Im running back into the burning house with this show. During my dark hours, I shared with you guys and your encouragement brought me through. I committed to using my wierd skils to go back into the burning house to save some men, the dying men, not the churchy men, the dying guys.

All this show is, is me doing this. I dont care about the fame or anything else, I could give a crap. Three guys cried with me and Greg when we spoke at a church last sunday, now that my brothers is the shizzle.

I love being a part of you guys. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

My parents and family and wife and kids think Im great. The haters out there dont understand what Im doing like you guys do.

Brothers, dont just keep the faith, move it forward.

Todd Hoffman
GoldRush Alaska

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Comment on Who built the house? by Cowboy Mark

I got an interesting phone call today. A man called me about his mill he saw on our program that was unauthorized to cut lumber for private parties. He called to ask me about what I knew about the use of the band saw as his company is the owner of that entire lumber mill and truck that delivered all of the trees that someone cut down on Ray Kreig’s and State land that built Greg’s house? What???

When we reached the mine in early May there was fresh trees that were cut down by a man who had supposedly attained permission from Earle Foster. But they were laying all over where we were to set up our camp and mining operation. It was the US Forest service inspector that came to investigate the illegally cut trees on state land that brought the State Fish and Game biologist who eventually turned us in for illegally digging the water channel. Man, what a mess all of this was!

I received permission to drive the logging truck as help to Greg (my cabin/tent had been finished for a week before he even started his custom home.) Now I was legal to drive the truck as I have my Alaskan Class A CDL with double and triple endorsements. So being LEGAL I thought it just seemed right that I would be the one to drive the logs out. I realized that something was wrong when the man commissioned by Earle said those were his logs. Greg and I had a falling out as he was trying to tell me how to back a truck he didn’t own through willow trees to get the “alleged stolen” logs (HE DOES NOT HAVE A CDL and had never been to truck driving school) SO I said F it. The logs were questionable and the truck is questionable as to the legality of insurance. Little did I know not only was the truck not the mill owners the mill itself was not the “mill owners.” Ray Krieg found out that some of his trees were cut down.

Ok, so let me get this straight for all of you Gold Rush Fans. Greg built his house from stolen logs (which later he ended up purchasing from the logger), hauled them without a License, drove a dump truck with logs which is illegal even if you had a license, made a deal with a mill owner who had a mill that was not authorized for personal use and then hauled the lumber back to Porcupine to build a house on private property that he did not own for a family that spent a total of four weeks in the place.

I wish that people would understand that not doing things correctly causes more problems than it avoids. Yes, this is coming from Dorsey who is a Oregon State Licensed Principal Broker, Class A CDL holder with ALL ENDORSEMENTS, Concealed Handgun Permit Holder, MSHA approved miner, fully certified and insured snowboard and kiteboard instructor, ETC. ETC. ETC. I pay thousands a year to keep up with all of this crap and I keep going deeper. Right now I am working on jumping through all of the hoops to start my own mining operation which seems to take an act of congress. I am taking classes and purchasing magazines for explosives to acquire my ATF blasting license. The list is endless. Call me hazardous if you want but at the end of the day I would have taken out a permit to legally poop on the Hoffman’s operation… after all who built the outhouse?

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Comment on Todd Hoffman’s Book Deal? by Dave

When Todd and I were up at the mine he spoke to me about a idea he had for a book.  He wanted me as well as all of the miners to write a chapter for him.  He told me the book was about “Fear!”  I heard Todd has told his friends that he signed a book deal with Discovery Channel so I thought I would give you a sneak peak.  This letter was sent out from Todd’s Crosstracker Christian Hunting Club.   Without further adieu:  Todd’s own words on the show Gold Rush Alaska (unedited of course)  that premieres the fourth episode on January 7th, 2011 at 10:00 on Discovery Channel.

Todd Hoffman December 19 at 12:06am
I walk into a large room filled with evil baddas demons and they part the room as I walk through because Im a serious spiritual badass. They cringe because I got blood and guts all over my sword. My shield has dents in it and so does my helmet, but they can see that I basically kick ass and they dont want to be the next chunk of meat on my sword. Behind me a few more guys walk stroll in and they are the same as me.

We walk over to a pile of demons on top of one of our people feeding on them trying to finish them off. We walk over and surround them and then one of our guys who is an encourager starts to whisper in his ear. Another guy comes and helps him up and another one teaches them how to use there sword and another one gives him a shield. All of the sudden we have another ass kicker along side of us.
One guy at a time we begin to move forward.

>>>>>

Of course Satan tries to tell me Im nothing and Im a crappy Christian and I have nothing to offer. He tells me not to write you guys that my heart is black and I have nothing to say. He tells me tries to make me fearful. Fear wells up inside of me as people look at me because Im on TV.

Well guess what, so what, Im going to push forward and yes my heart is dark that is why I need a savior. Did I treat Dorsey perfect, no I didnt. I hade to apologize to him and him me. He would challenge my authority and I didnt like that. Is he a bad guy, no he isnt. Hes a good husband and father. You dont want him running a piece of equipment near you though, but so what, you dont want me teaching you how to snowboard and he is one of the best.

No we are not close anymore, but someday maybe we will be, but who cares, your not going to like everybody and people are going to hate you just because. Whatever, get over it.

Most of you guys have been following me for a long time, through thick and thin. My marriage is way better. Those dark times are gone ,but rest assured will return. We will cycle through good times and bad, we are fallen.

like the pittle picture I painted at the top of the letter, that is actually what is really going on. Its hard to believe but as you guys join with other believers and move mens hearts forward, that is exactly what is going on. Pray for me because Im moving the ball forward and in episode 10 the ball is thrown out there for millions of people to see. I negotiated this small event. I was born at night brothers, but not last night.

Not everything in the show is exactly real, its mostly real. Its not easy shooting a tv show, its super hard. Hardestthing I have ever done. I came up to the door and didnt knock, I just decided while we are here, lets just kick the door in. Thats how guys like us do it, Amen? Now there are a couple hints I have given you. I have said that Im going to build the best website in the world. I have also said a few things about MMA. These are a few shows I have been working on before I go mining again with my brothers.

I truely believe that you crosstrackers reached hundreds of thousands of people in facebook about GoldRush. Goldrush is beating all the major networks out. It was the highest premiere since deadliest catch. Do you think think that is an accident? No it was not. No Im not a prefect Christian to carry the batton. In my weekness CHrist will be glorified. I used to have a good fullback when I ran the ball I would tuck in behind him then break out and get the yards. My full back took the pain and the big hits and no glory and I came through with the bal and moved the yards.

Maybe my fat butt is the fullback and Jack my father is the running back. He reaches lives for Christ. My friend Greg reaches lives, maybe they will hate me but watch and learn to love me dad and learn about Christ.

Who knows, but get outside of your boxes, its time. We are going to take back our country not just politically, but spiritually. Do not be afraid brothers, I know your in sin and your not perfect, but go forth and make fishers of men. You light will shine your sins are forgiven brothers.

Two million guys are watching me every friday night. Think about that. If I can do this, you can talk to the guy at work. Im taking genades like crazy, but Im sacrifising my life as an example for you guys. Discovery flew a guy out to talk to me, because they want to work out our deal for next year.

I told them Im not doing this for money, Im doing this to reach the hearts of men and introduce them to Jesus. They just kinda look at me.

Its like they are in charge, they are not in charge! God is in charge. WE SERVE THE MOST HIGH GOD. NOT ALL OF MY MOVES WERE GODLY UP THERE, NOT ALL MY MOTIVES WERE GODLY, NOT ALL MY CREW WAS GODLY, BUT WE SERVE THE MOST HIGH AND THIS IS A PLAY THAT THE LORD WILL USE TO WIN HEARTS.

People wonder if Im a little nuts, well ofcourse I am I say. Are you the guy to run back into the burning house to save someone. I am. Im running back into the burning house with this show. During my dark hours, I shared with you guys and your encouragement brought me through. I committed to using my wierd skils to go back into the burning house to save some men, the dying men, not the churchy men, the dying guys.

All this show is, is me doing this. I dont care about the fame or anything else, I could give a crap. Three guys cried with me and Greg when we spoke at a church last sunday, now that my brothers is the shizzle.

I love being a part of you guys. Thanks for listening to my ramblings.

My parents and family and wife and kids think Im great. The haters out there dont understand what Im doing like you guys do.

Brothers, dont just keep the faith, move it forward.

Todd Hoffman
GoldRush Alaska

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Comment on Ten Facts about Gold Rush Alaska by Dave

1. My hospital bills at the Haines clinic for X-Rays, Giardia, and treatment for broken ribs that Greg broke.
2. Discovery channel never gave Jimmy Dorsey a red cent! And we are still broke albeit for door to door and some real estate sales!
3. My frustration and foul mouth. I honestly repent to all of the miners for my lack of self control.
4. A lot of what you see on screen is re enactments or “pickups” that help explain what really happened
5. The bear was shot legally and not because he was eating our food.
6. Todd told me to leave the mine.
7. The tension was always real between us mostly because of camera jealousy.
8. The small flakes of gold that Todd carries around in his pocket or the lack of nuggets that aren’t in the gravels at Porcupine.
9. The fact that I am actually going Gold Mining again next summer.
10. I am going to get more GOLD than Todd next season!

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Comment on Ten Facts about Gold Rush Alaska by Dave

1. My hospital bills at the Haines clinic for X-Rays, Giardia, and treatment for broken ribs that Greg broke.
2. Discovery channel never gave Jimmy Dorsey a red cent! And we are still broke albeit for door to door and some real estate sales!
3. My frustration and foul mouth. I honestly repent to all of the miners for my lack of self control.
4. A lot of what you see on screen is re enactments or “pickups” that help explain what really happened
5. The bear was shot legally and not because he was eating our food.
6. Todd told me to leave the mine.
7. The tension was always real between us mostly because of camera jealousy.
8. The small flakes of gold that Todd carries around in his pocket or the lack of nuggets that aren’t in the gravels at Porcupine.
9. The fact that I am actually going Gold Mining again next summer.
10. I am going to get more GOLD than Todd next season!

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My contract is almost done with Liz Bronstein of Whale Wars… Thank GOD!

Wow, it has been quite a year for me.   I started a new band, lived in three states, became a hard rock gold miner, tramped two more mines, signed with an lazy or dishonest producer, we are having a third child, moved to Telluride Colorado,  started college online at University of Nevada MacKay school of mines and am ready for another summer of gold mining!  Some have asked, “are you upset that you didn’t go back mining in Alaska?”  Really? My goal has always to become a real miner.

Now I know Todd and his crew were given less Gold than I got from my tax return from Gold mining!   Now, of course most of the guys were given $80,000.00 for their contribution to the filming of Discovery… at least that is what they offered me last year to come back on the show.  I know that Todd’s bump was 10% so he and his Dad have been given over$ 1,000,000 for their participation and part ownership in Gold Rush thus far from Discovery Channel. Again, they are mining all of you viewers, that is where his money is.

Here is the sizzle reel I filmed last year. BUT COMING SOON! I will show you some real mining…

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Comment on GOLD RUSH SEASON 2 by Rfrman

Yes a spin off is not only possible but Discovery and Raw TV had edited my character (from about episode 2) to be a second crew. They were talking to me about running my own plant on B channel as early as June last summer. I can’t say who will get the spin off show but I really am not concerned about that right now. I am working on learning to extract gold from rock, learning leach processes, floatation cells and new types of gravity circuits not to mention explosives and core sample drilling. I am in talks with investors to make my show work and set myself up to get the gold.

What ever I have set myself to doing I have had some success in my life. I have made a GOOD living selling homes, snowboarding, playing bass and even kiteboarding. I have yet to make a living from television and gold mining but it is on my bucket list and what ever I set my mind to usually happens. I can tell you that my first couple months picking up the upright bass I didn’t get a gig that paid for it. When I was 11 and learned to snowboard I wasn’t receiving free boards at the age of 13. Kiteboarding was different for some reason. I was teaching while I was learning how to do it myself because they had just been invented. I had even worked a full year and 1/2 in Real Estate, spent over $2000 in training and was licensed in two states (Colorado and Oregon) before I made a house sale! Success happens over a long period of time all at once. That is when I hit the mother Lode! Here is some kiteboarding that was a much needed break from the monotony of the mining adventure I went on this summer.

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RE: 72 Hour Comment

You really should read the comments of each blog. The meat of this blog site is buried inside the comment section as this is where I can answer the questions you are asking.

Ronald asked, “This post was about the 72 hour deadline and why did no one comment about the topic, The 72 hours was a Hose job also more than likely the 72 hours was a couple of weeks, There was no way the guy in so much pain and sick was able to do that amount of work within 3 days and when You left Dorsey they have a gun incase you get crazy and your wife and child are there after that fight, Why all the fake scripts instead of a real one hour of gold mining and finding gold and all that it involves.”

In reply to Ronald Athens from Jimmy Dorsey

“The 72 hour deadline was about 3-4 weeks of filming. It dragged on for weeks. This was a plot for an episode that was made up by the screenwriters and producers that really didn’t sit well with Todd Hoffman. He was not interested at all in playing along with story lines that were developed by the production team. Actually Todd has been trying to fire Raw Television since the day they secured the deal with the network. There was an extremely tenuous relationship that existed between Todd and Raw during the filming because Todd had actually written executive producing rights in to his contract with Raw. Unfortunately in the negotiations with Discovery Channel he was not given production rights as most participants do not even get the opportunity to see the footage before the show airs let alone make any decisions about how a person is portrayed (as with me). Todd told me many times that even though Discovery did not give him producing credits he was able to review the cuts that were sent to Discovery for final editing. I never believed that although he spent many late nights at the production house having meetings about something? Everyone knew these themes as we waded patiently through each episode but the production could not seem to get Todd on board with their story lines. Many plots I internalized and it actually became an actuality for me because I felt I could not really act. I had to believe the lines that they were feeding me to be able to say them without sounding scripted. The 72 hours became a week which was going on a month and then I felt compelled to actually leave the mine to fulfill the prophecy that I spoke into existence in the hours of interviews about the deadline. Here is where truth and fiction meet in a world called Reality TV.”

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Explanation on the Jig and Sluice Box

There are a lot of questions as to the validity of the problems that we encountered at the mine. Yes, the shaker was a real piece of work! The incompetence of the engineers who decided to modify that shaker speaks for itself. The engineering of the entire washplant was a lack of planning from the beginning. It is very important when setting up any wash plant to make sure that where the ore that you are classifying and separating has enough drop to allow for the slurry to move through the plant without clogging up at any point yet also moving at the correct velocity to separate the gold. This is achieved by a simple plan which includes setting up constant variables that are outlined in the most basic of mining engineering books.

The wash plant was held up at several points because there was not one plan drawn up before they set the machines in place. The sluice box was not wide enough to allow for the rate of material that was being dropped into it from the beginning. We spent days adding water hoses to blast the material and even had a man standing there to power wash the material through the sluice box. My opinion was to just leave out the expanded metal section (which is what made it a sluice in the first place) since we had a 42? duplex pan american jig at the end of the line anyway. If that Jig was setup correctly there should be no reason to use a sluice before the jig. Removing the miners moss and the number 3 expanded metal (that wasn’t working due to water starvation) was an easy solution at the time.

The jig had the same problem as you can see above in the clip as Thurber was cleaning the clogged sand out of the diaphragm for the tenth time. After spending a couple days finding small flakes in the jig tailings I called the jig manufacturer and spoke with the inventor (AAA Manufacturing). He explained in five minutes three major mistakes we were making when setting up the jig. Number one, we didn’t have enough volume going to the hutch water which is what the diaphragm pumps up and down to separate the higher specific gravity ore (gold and magnetite) from the gangue material. Number two, we needed a check valve so when the diaphragm pumped down it would not change the pressure in the hutch. And three, the pressure hose was not large enough to create the right head pressure. Also, there was not a constant cross flow that was measurable as far as slurry ratio but that is one variable that is really hard to keep consistent. You at least need the other variables somewhat dialed to catch the majority of the gold.

The jig concentrates flowed down into two 3/8? openings which are really just a pee stream into a open pipe…YES an open pipe which can BE CUT (1/2 pipe) to create a channel. Boneheads!  I needed a 1/12 pitch to clear that drain pipe which we were at 1 inch for every 2 feet when I decided to cut that pipe to fit.  I would have either jacked up the jig or dug out underneath of it if anyone would have given me a hand.  Undermining a 4000 lb jig is not a smart idea.  Especially when you paid only half of $7000.00 for it (not 30K like the program says) and it is full of 1/4 inch steel shot that can spill out if it were to tip over.  They are worth more than the jig itself!

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Who built the house?

I got an interesting phone call today. A man called me about his mill he saw on our program that was unauthorized to cut lumber for private parties. He called to ask me about what I knew about the use of the band saw as his company is the owner of that entire lumber mill and truck that delivered all of the trees that someone cut down on Ray Kreig’s and State land that built Greg’s house? What???

When we reached the mine in early May there was fresh trees that were cut down by a man who had supposedly attained permission from Earle Foster. But they were laying all over where we were to set up our camp and mining operation. It was the US Forest service inspector that came to investigate the illegally cut trees on state land that brought the State Fish and Game biologist who eventually turned us in for illegally digging the water channel. Man, what a mess all of this was!

I received permission to drive the logging truck as help to Greg (my cabin/tent had been finished for a week before he even started his custom home.) Now I was legal to drive the truck as I have my Alaskan Class A CDL with double and triple endorsements. So being LEGAL I thought it just seemed right that I would be the one to drive the logs out. I realized that something was wrong when the man commissioned by Earle said those were his logs. Greg and I had a falling out as he was trying to tell me how to back a truck he didn’t own through willow trees to get the “alleged stolen” logs (HE DOES NOT HAVE A CDL and had never been to truck driving school) SO I said F it. The logs were questionable and the truck is questionable as to the legality of insurance. Little did I know not only was the truck not the mill owners the mill itself was not the “mill owners.” Ray Krieg found out that some of his trees were cut down.

Ok, so let me get this straight for all of you Gold Rush Fans. Greg built his house from stolen logs (which later he ended up purchasing from the logger), hauled them without a License, drove a dump truck with logs which is illegal even if you had a license, made a deal with a mill owner who had a mill that was not authorized for personal use and then hauled the lumber back to Porcupine to build a house on private property that he did not own for a family that spent a total of four weeks in the place.

I wish that people would understand that not doing things correctly causes more problems than it avoids. Yes, this is coming from Dorsey who is a Oregon State Licensed Principal Broker, Class A CDL holder with ALL ENDORSEMENTS, Concealed Handgun Permit Holder, MSHA approved miner, fully certified and insured snowboard and kiteboard instructor, ETC. ETC. ETC. I pay thousands a year to keep up with all of this crap and I keep going deeper. Right now I am working on jumping through all of the hoops to start my own mining operation which seems to take an act of congress. I am taking classes and purchasing magazines for explosives to acquire my ATF blasting license. The list is endless. Call me hazardous if you want but at the end of the day I would have taken out a permit to legally poop on the Hoffman’s operation… after all who built the outhouse?

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Comment on Ten Facts about Gold Rush Alaska by Stephen

1. My hospital bills at the Haines clinic for X-Rays, Giardia, and treatment for broken ribs that Greg broke.
2. Discovery channel never gave Jimmy Dorsey a red cent! And we are still broke albeit for door to door and some real estate sales!
3. My frustration and foul mouth. I honestly repent to all of the miners for my lack of self control.
4. A lot of what you see on screen is re enactments or “pickups” that help explain what really happened
5. The bear was shot legally and not because he was eating our food.
6. Todd told me to leave the mine.
7. The tension was always real between us mostly because of camera jealousy.
8. The small flakes of gold that Todd carries around in his pocket or the lack of nuggets that aren’t in the gravels at Porcupine.
9. The fact that I am actually going Gold Mining again next summer.
10. I am going to get more GOLD than Todd next season!

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Reply to Tom re: Explanation on Jig and Sluice

Sometimes people don’t read the responses to the comments and I think there are a lot of production nuggets of information in there. This is a response to a viewer named Tom, Thanks for watching Tom.

Tom Asked
“Jimmy, If I understand your explanation correctly, and I’m seeing the before and after photos clearly, you cut the pipe to gain enough clearance to get the pitch you felt you needed. If the Hoffmans used to do sewer work, wouldn’t this have been obvious to them? Too little pitch means nothing moves. Too much pitch and solids are left behind.
Was it just a problem because you did it without consulting anybody?
Seems to me that your modification was a quick fix to the clogged pipe problem.”

My Response:
“When you buy the ABS pipe or any materials to fix the plant it is my right to fix as I see fit. They don’t explain that those were my supplies that fixed that Jig, sluice and wave table! I spent over $300 on parts that the crew wouldn’t buy. So I could give a damn about how they wanted to fix it, those were my parts! The fact is it wasn’t working. Why would I spend all that time trying to fix something that wasn’t broke? It just worked better for TV to edit in the “professionals” bitch about the fact that the cameras were on me fixing it for an hour. That was the real problem most of the time. They were getting paid a whole lot more money than I was to be on a TV show (since they had construction experience) so they thought they were supposed to be filmed more.
Jack said that I was like a child but the truth is everyone was acting like a child who needed more attention. Makes for good viewing though! Got to love them ratings!” Jimmy Dorsey

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Dorsey’s attempt to explain the Wave Table

I had the privilege of using the Action Mining Wave Table this summer at the mine. This is a highly effective but extremely touchy tool! Its effectiveness can not be matched when all the variables are right but this can be quite problematic in the Alaskan outback. It would work better in a lab environment.

Here is how it works… The table is a tray that has a precisely engineered weights and springs to create a bump back and forth that creates small waves on the table. These waves as they pass over the ore (sand) actually fluff the material and separate the heavies (black sand or magnetite and gold flake) in a principle called the standing wave. The gold sinks to the bottom of the table and actually walks up the opposite way of the slurry flow (water and tailing material) by a process called skin effect. The ore must be first classified by size to be effective and the better job of classification (separating by particle size) By the way all of gravity separated systems work best when you classify by size and is the first thing you do when even panning.

From what I can recall writing this blog there are several factors that you must consider when running a wave table.
1. Size of ore (not less than 1/20th of an inch) so THAT IS WHY THE NUGGET WENT in the RERUN tailing pile that Jack called the ground! It was screened by my own hands and actually never was on the table. Also, I cannot recall ever seeing a flake that size while I worked at porcupine! This could have been a “pick up” which I will talk about in a later blog!
2. Amount of ore, you must feed the table at a constant rate or risk of “packing” this is when the sand is not in “suspension” which is where the ore is fluffed in the water. To check this you just put your finger down in it. You can feel packing.
3. The ratio of ore to water or slurry ratio.
4. Angle of table
5. Bump rate (bpm for all you DJ’s out there)
6. Bump velocity (this might be wrong but I don’t know how to word it, you add weight which makes it bump harder
7. Water quality, Alaska has a high amount of organics which is I guess not good. It is best to have clean water.
8. Ratio of black sands to gold. Constantly pulling out the magnetics is important to prevent packing and keep the table from flushing all the floatable gold because of steep table angle(yes I have seen the small stuff float to the surface)
9. There is probably three more variables I am missing. You need a vacuum cleaner that will suck the gold off of the table but lets not even get into that…

I read the manual about 15 times to internalize the information, watched the dvd five times and had a lesson at John Schnables by the inventor Mike. He even showed up at our claim which no one would give him five minutes to teach them how to run the table but me.

Why didn’t ours work for us? First we needed a auger to lay down the material consistently and we did not have a constant feed of water with the correct volume. We really needed 20 gpm in my opinion and it was recycled poorly which had pipe clogging clay in it. Also we had issues with the bolts that were cemented in the ground. They were a new design which just didn’t give the table a solid footing. The table must be dead weighted S-O-L-I-D! If you have any sway or movement in the foundation of the table the waves do not work correctly. I suggest some type of square tubing straight into concrete or something. I never had a chance to solve this one without someone screwing with it. The guys in the video above I think will have the same problem by bolting the table to wood like they did. That just isn’t going to work with anything but a hand fed small amount of gold bearing material.

A word about the Hoffman’s. They did not read the manual or really have any idea behind WHY the machine works. You must understand principles of why it works to understand how to manipulate the variables to get even satisfactory results. Nothing works perfectly in Gold Mining unless you have millions to spend on equipment but for $7000 I am going to use one on my next gold mine this summer. I am just going to have the auger this time!

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Why did Todd bring Dorsey?

A lot of you are asking why Todd Hoffman would bring someone like myself to Alaska? I don’t have years of construction experience just a commercial drivers license. I don’t have years of welding just a semester in high school of metal class. I don’t have an engineering degree. The reason is that Todd Hoffman wanted to start a Rock Band! Yes, he talked with me at length about starting a band and playing in Haines during the filming of the show. The problem was that none of the other miners were musicians. Of course I could play electric bass in a Christian Alternative Rock band but I did that in the mid 90's. I am from Portlandia people! I have been playing standup, doghouse, double, gut bucket, slap our bass like a fine woman rockabilly and country and don’t forget the western for years.

But let me throw the gauntlet right here and right now. Of course we will be competing next year for who gets the gold but if for any reason we should have to meet in a more civilized venue lets have a battle of the bands because my crew is going to be able to do some pickin and a grinnin’ and yehawww we can go hardcore if we need to.

I am a very different person than these men. I know that to tell a good story different characters need to be juxtaposed against each other to create a dynamic stage. I was a producer of Gold Rush Alaska from the beginning. I allowed them to make a fool out of me which seems to work for the show but it didn’t ultimately work for my family. I was the sole cameraman on the reenactment of the bear shooting and also it was my idea to cross the river… My apologies to the liberal audience. It was my idea to bring the wave table (thanks to Mike Halstead for buying it) and the fishing boat, building my house and many other concepts.

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Ella Dorsey

Have I ever mentioned how much I love my little girl! I am just trying to give her the best life I know how.

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Comment on Jimmy Dorsey Original Design Gold Rush Alaska by michael phelps

Here is the video for the house that I built for my family on the Porcupine Mine. I built this myself in five days just before the weather took a turn. God blessed me with a nice week of sunshine! It featured a wood stove and canvas roof with a visqueen layer to keep the rain out. Kept us dry and warm the entire summer. Cost $1400 total.

Jimmy Dorsey, Realtor at John L Scott in Sandy.  Back in the business of buying and selling homes.  I appreciate your referrals!  cell phone 503.407.5130

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GOLD RUSH SEASON 2

Yes a spin off is not only possible but Discovery and Raw TV had edited my character (from about episode 2) to be a second crew. They were talking to me about running my own plant on B channel as early as June last summer. I can’t say who will get the spin off show but I really am not concerned about that right now. I am working on learning to extract gold from rock, learning leach processes, floatation cells and new types of gravity circuits not to mention explosives and core sample drilling. I am in talks with investors to make my show work and set myself up to get the gold.

What ever I have set myself to doing I have had some success in my life. I have made a GOOD living selling homes, snowboarding, playing bass and even kiteboarding. I have yet to make a living from television and gold mining but it is on my bucket list and what ever I set my mind to usually happens. I can tell you that my first couple months picking up the upright bass I didn’t get a gig that paid for it. When I was 11 and learned to snowboard I wasn’t receiving free boards at the age of 13. Kiteboarding was different for some reason. I was teaching while I was learning how to do it myself because they had just been invented. I had even worked a full year and 1/2 in Real Estate, spent over $2000 in training and was licensed in two states (Colorado and Oregon) before I made a house sale! Success happens over a long period of time all at once. That is when I hit the mother Lode! Here is some kiteboarding that was a much needed break from the monotony of the mining adventure I went on this summer.

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1. My hospital bills at the Haines clinic for X-Rays, Giardia, and treatment for broken ribs that Greg broke.
2. Discovery channel never gave Jimmy Dorsey a red cent! And we are still broke albeit for door to door and some real estate sales!
3. My frustration and foul mouth. I honestly repent to all of the miners for my lack of self control.
4. A lot of what you see on screen is re enactments or “pickups” that help explain what really happened
5. The bear was shot legally and not because he was eating our food.
6. Todd told me to leave the mine.
7. The tension was always real between us mostly because of camera jealousy.
8. The small flakes of gold that Todd carries around in his pocket or the lack of nuggets that aren’t in the gravels at Porcupine.
9. The fact that I am actually going Gold Mining again next summer.
10. I am going to get more GOLD than Todd next season!

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Ten Facts about Gold Rush Alaska

1. My hospital bills at the Haines clinic for X-Rays, Giardia, and treatment for broken ribs that Greg broke.
2. Discovery channel never gave Jimmy Dorsey a red cent! And we are still broke albeit for door to door and some real estate sales!
3. My frustration and foul mouth. I honestly repent to all of the miners for my lack of self control.
4. A lot of what you see on screen is re enactments or “pickups” that help explain what really happened
5. The bear was shot legally and not because he was eating our food.
6. Todd told me to leave the mine.
7. The tension was always real between us mostly because of camera jealousy.
8. The small flakes of gold that Todd carries around in his pocket or the lack of nuggets that aren’t in the gravels at Porcupine.
9. The fact that I am actually going Gold Mining again next summer.
10. I am going to get more GOLD than Todd next season!

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Comment on Joy Dorsey and her blog by Von Reich

In the heart of every man is a desire for adventure.  Loneliness sabotages adventure so if you seek to find a fulfilling life you have to find a gal who has adventure in her heart as well.  My wife Joy went skateboarding through the cobblestone streets of Italy with me, taught snowboarding in Aspen while pregnant, worked in a cockroach infested kiteboarding school palapa in the Dominican Republic, was kicked out of a time share presentation in Mexico and then moved to a gold mine in Alaska to babysit our two children surrounded by guns, bears, unstable men and heavy machinery.

I just am blessed she wants to be with me.  No matter where I go.  Joy I love you!

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Eldorado Gold Starts Operations at Turkey Gold Mine

Iron ore crusher processing plant with vibrating screens : Eldorado Gold Starts Operations at Turkey Gold Mine

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Eldorado Gold has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

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Eldorado Gold is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

Eldorado has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

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Eldorado is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

Eldorado Gold has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

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Eldorado Gold is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

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Best Metal And Gold Metal Detector To Use For Gold

A gold metal detector could essentially discover any forms of gold, from a two-millimeter gold nugget up to other metals with gold compositions inside all of them. In addition to that, anyone with a new gold metal detector also can discover gold from other mineral plus rock that might contain the precious metal, i.e. a quartz rock. Regardless of the types of gold that may be found when using the device, one can sort through recently evacuated gold mines or perhaps locations in which you can find “virgin” or perhaps untouched streams. Most of these places can be excellent prospects when wanting to detect gold as historical past tells us that waterways often function as niches pertaining to gold hidden under gravels and stones.

Before starting an activity having gold discovering, it is important to keep in mind that the individual looking for gold should know what the characteristics of gold are. Since there may also be other kinds of alloys in the location that could appear similar to gold, the visible difference from a gold aspect from other mineral materials is worth knowing. Gold, being an element, has got soft qualities particularly when found in shallow banks on the river. Although it is soft, it is not however a brittle piece of precious metal, and hence it may be bent without displaying signs of being cracked in to little pieces. Gold is another malleable material, as a result when the gold metal detector registers a substance that might exhibit the particular sign of the gold material, one can simply hammer it and check whether it becomes flat or if perhaps the particular precious metal gets pulverized.Apart from understanding the primary characteristics regarding gold, it could furthermore assist to perform a bit of research prior to finally going out on a gold searching excursion. Places which might have already been rumored to yield gold nuggets as well as grains could be great potential starting off points. Besides that, following the area prior to the real metal detecting hobby may also help in better final results. Areas that might have been a junkyard pertaining to metallic scrapes almost always is an ineffective place for this kind of hobby, because scrapes of iron and metal may also stick to the gold metal detector. Even so, this can be resolved by using a greater setting in the gold metal detector in order for the device to help discriminate these types of metals and avoid any slow downs. Finally, a gold searching activity within riverbanks should begin while in the shallow places initially.

When there’s an indication of gold grains within the black sands, the location might have a fantastic potential. Aside from the ordinary gold metal detector that can be used on land, a few intense hobbyists also utilize under water gold metal detector during under water diving.To acquire the best gold metal detector, the user must be able to know what degree of experience they have, his location as well as where he or she wants to carry out the activity, along with the kind of dedication that they will set in trying to find gold using the machine. These types of variables can be terrific consideration points and will in the end help save them some time and the money when trying to purchase for a gold metal detector.

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Fine Gold Recovery Wash Plant & Shaker Tables

globalminingsolutions.com offers the Best Deals on Gold Mining Equipment This operation is utilizing the 1000-A Wash Plant and the 1000-S Shaker Table (Both are now a part of the GMS series) as well as the RP4 gravity shaker table, for mining operations. Global Mining Solutions manufactures and sells worldwide line of superior mining equipment for gold and diamonds. Our industry leading heavy mineral recovery equipment is amazingly reliable, efficient, with extremely high recovery rates for fine gold, from 2? nuggets down to 1 micron, working in any environment. Our equipment has been designed and refined for over 20 years and has been successfully installed worldwide including North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe, totaling over 35 countries. Whether you’re after gold, platinum, titanium, copper or other heavy minerals, the GMS series wash plants and Shaker tables are the industry leaders. Startup costs are far lower as compared to other competitor’s products. It only takes a few hours of production time to return your investment! All of these things are important to us, why? Because we have our own mines that we run and we also help others get started in mining. The right choice in equipment is critical to the success of any operation. We can provide everything from the equipment, getting a mining license in the country desired to work in, handling the local government, we have experts all over the world constantly doing set ups and training …

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Modern Gold Rush For The Thrill Of The Money

A modern gold rush has gone underway. With prices in an all time high more and more gold prospectors are heading to the mining fields of Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Alaska and many other areas throughout the U.S. and various gold bearing areas of the earth. In the mining and prospecting world it’s easy to routinely hear of men and women gold seekers spending a lot of money on prospecting equipment they have never used, without experience finding gold and acquiring worthless mining claims with dreams of striking it rich. People who find themselves mining the miners are typically the true miner.

Recreational gold mining and modern gold rush has become a popular outdoor recreation in a number of countries, including New Zealand (especially in Otago), Australia, South Africa, Wales (at Dolaucothi and in Gwynedd), in Canada as well as in the usa particularly in western states but additionally elsewhere. Recreational gold mining is almost entirely small-scale placer mining.Gold trommel is definitely the mining of alluvial deposits (deposits of sand and gravel in modern or ancient stream beds) for minerals. This may be done by open-pit (also known as open-cast mining) or by various forms of tunneling into ancient riverbeds. Excavation can be carried out using water pressure (hydraulic mining), surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment. Gold mining and prospecting activities allowed on public lands vary with the agency plus the location.

Gold pans and shovels are normally allowed, but sluice boxes and suction dredges might be dissalowed in some areas. The Department of Agriculture within the U.S. is now of the view that recreational gold panning and gold prospecting in national forests is permitted provided that no machinery or explosives are used, no waterways are diverted, no permanent or semi-permanent structures are constructed. You will find public mining areas in most states, and prospecting may allow one to stake a gold placer claim or any other type of gold mining claim in a few areas. Some public lands happen to be put aside for recreational gold panning. Some private land owners also give permission for small-scale gold mining.The best thing about this new rush is we are to see it and see the successes and failures when they unfold while in the fields. Gold Mining and prospecting equipment sales have reached an all-time high, advertising in gold prospecting and mining magazines is being sold at premium prices and the BLM is processing more gold claims than any time in the last 20 years.Metal detectors costing $4,000.00 plus intended for gold can sell like gold pans in the days of the gold rush from the 1800s. This is a very exciting time for you to be a gold prospector in this modern gold rush.

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Metal Detecting For Gold Nuggets Tips

Once you have found gold nuggets with your metal detector, placered the particular wash towards best of your ability and are believing that there are no more gold nuggets inside of a wash, it’s time to go look for a new place right? That’s precisely what a lot of folks carry out. They will move from one area or wash to another location, getting your hands on as much gold nuggets as they possibly can using their Minelabs then getting to the next patch, ever in search of brand-new gold nuggets. Absolutely nothing is wrong with this method by itself. All things considered, we all love to locate gold nuggets and one of the very most satisfying approaches to achieve this is by recovering the large pieces speedily with metal detectors. However, the idea troubles me personally when you consider just how very few really take the time to dry wash the areas where they find gold nuggets.

We already know whenever you’re doing it proper, a person’s conducting a fair degree of digging to obtain all the gold nuggets. Besides, that’s half the work done already. Have you thought to start tossing that dug up soil into a dry washer to find out exactly what comes of it. It’s almost certain that while in the majority of cases there exists more fine gold by weight in a wash compared to gold nuggets. A great deal of metal detectors are leaving pounds of the fine gold behind inside the washes that they detect (not forgetting gold nuggets). Examining and sampling for fine placer gold is paramount.

Ordinarily, I take a gold pan with me to an area one or more times to check the particular bedrock pertaining to fine gold. If you have water close by then that would be ideal for testing but if not, I’ll generally just use dry panning after which when I have got a gold pan full of product down to a small amount, I’ll just use my personal drinking water bottle to have a look at the black sand concentrates and check for gold particles. This particular panning is simply a nice alternative to heavier equipment. In the event that sufficient fine gold can be found in your pan, a trip in with your dry washer or even mini high-banker is in order. In some cases, locating the fine flake gold streak might even be the key to acquiring a lot more gold nuggets. A lot of detectorists keep to the wash and either commit little time on the hills or otherwise not enough adequate time for it to sniff out the pocket in which all that gold wash comes from. The particular hunter visits an area, finds nuggets within the wash, inspects the upper banks and cleanses it as best as possible. Checking the slopes, they will quickly become irritated and leave for greener pastures leaving behind the actual fine gold and the nugget patch. In which case you come along, unaware of the earlier action and possibly because you possess a different coil, a different metal detector or a different attitude you find a couple of gold nuggets of which the previous guys missed. And then suddenly, there is nothing. Well, check for fine gold. If you find quite a few, stick to it upstream. Watch just how rough the gold is actually. In the event that it’s getting large or more course or both, you are headed in the appropriate direction. If it runs out, backup and begin on the edges. Tiny rivulets and guts along the side of a wash that is producing a lot of coarse gold will certainly be a good place to check. Potentially you’ll discover the hillside gold nuggets of one’s predecessors, or maybe you’ll even find the gold nuggets they left behind.

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Where you should look and try to find gold

You will find gold in different spot in streams. Water is the primary agent in the creation of most placer deposits. Moving water can contain huge amounts of sentiment materials, by way of fine silt to large river rocks, especially in the course of run-off time periods. When freed from the particular mountain by means of weathering, gold is usually added to stream waters along with rock debris, and it is moved down by way of the stream. Where streams meander you can find gold, if it goes over falls you can find gold, or are deflected around rocks is good place to find gold, if a drop in water velocity takes place you can often times find gold, and the gold drops out there. Extended agitation by way of water causes gold to settle all the way down through the gravel right up until reaching bedrock or an impenetrable clay layer that is where you find gold nuggets. These concentrations are known as pay streaks that would be nice to find gold pay streaks.

The best locations to uncover gold exist wherever turbulence change to slower-moving waters flow. Check out slower moving water down below rapids and waterfalls, deepened pools, and the downstream section involving big chunks of rock. On the inside turns of meanders, upstream ends with fine sand as well as ‘point” bars are good locations for you to pan fine gold, which can be replaced each year during runoff. Bedrock crevices or pockets acting as natural riffles can accumulate gold. Scoop out there and pan material from these places. Spring, very early summer months, and just before freeze within the fall are wonderful points during the year to go panning. Water is low and gold-bearing rock is exposed which makes it easier to find gold. To lessen resource damage, restrict excavating to active, unvegetated stream gravels.

The basic equipment is quite simple and requires only a minimum investment. A gold pan is most important. Metal pans were used by early prospectors; modem versions are plastic with built-in riffles. In a pinch, frying pans and even hub caps will work. New metal pans generally come with a coating of grease and should be cleaned thoroughly by heating over an open fire. The pan will rust, but some rust is beneficial for collecting fine gold and help find gold.

Suggested equipment to find gold.

gold pan (plastic with riffles or metal); 14? size is best.shovel to loosen gravel from creek bottom.grizzly pan with 1/2-inch holes in bottom; this pan helps separate coarse gravel, speeding up the panning process.magnifying lens (at least 10X power) to identify minerals.sluice box, approximately 3 feet long; (construct or obtain commercially; aluminum version is available.)tweezers for picking up gold; a dry finger will also work.small magnet for separating out magnetic black sands.small glass vials to hold gold.rubber gloves to protect hands from cold water.rubber boots to keep feet dry while wading in creeks.

Good luck on you next trip to find gold it will pay off some day.

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Fast Gold Concentration Two Bucket Method

This is what I call the Two Bucket Method it is easier & faster than gold panning! It is by far the most inexpensive and easiest means to capture and concentrate micron gold dust & larger from the earth, black sands, ect. It’s better than any non-mechanical means I know of. (Gold Mining) (Not gold panning) (Micron Gold Dust Recovery) (Gold prospecting equipment) (nuggets) (gold dust) (gold rush) (Tips) (panning) (gold rush)
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LANKAN INVENTOR STRIKES GOLD IN BLACK SAND OF MINES

June 19, 2010: The National Gem and Jewellery Authority recently revealed that gold can be produced by further filtering black sand. “We disclosed that many valuable metals exist in the sand that is removed from gem mines. We had difficulties in filtering and identifying these metals as we did not have the necessary equipment in the country. But one of our own entrepreneurs has invented this machine.” said the Chairman of National Gem and Jewelllery Authority Anil Koswatte. Meanwhile, Ananda Samarathunga, the inventor of the machine which filters gold from the black sand, noted that he had found this while using the machine to sift black sand for gems. “While using the machine to sift black sand for gems, I saw it being cleaned and filtered. So I invented a machine to do this. After separating the black sand, I noted that there are traces of gold in it. Now we have the ability to separate the gold from It,” said Samarathunga. According to the Authority, there is a possibility of producing gold locally at a cost 40 per cent chapter than importing it. It has already been established that the gold processed in this manner is 23.35 carrot pure gold. Meanwhile, the National Gem and Jewellery Authority noted that many other valuable metals including Titanium and Uranium could be produced in the same manner. According to the Chairman of the Authority, a tonne of black sand can be sold at a price of around US $ 10000 overseas.

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Can I use a regular underwater metal detector to find gold in the river

Using an underwater metal detector doesn’t require you to be a master scuba diver, because any stretch of where a river is too wide to dam or divert that runs more than four feet of water year round is almost certainly virgin or near virgin territory. However, if you are already a scuba diver it allows you to really get into unexplored territory with underwater metal detectors like this Minelab Excalibur II.

In the eastern United States, placer deposits have been discovered in streams draining the southern Appalachian region in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, and these often deeper streams and rivers are great areas for the use of underwater metal detectors.

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Arizona Gold Mining Scams

OK, usually I give you leads that you can use to make a little money if you study the detail, but today I am tossing you a clue to keep you from losing money.  There is no doubt that you can get scammed if you buy a claim or even invest into a larger commercial mine.

This document was put together by the Arizona Department of Mines and Minerals to help people avoid getting scammed.

It also has some clues about where you might want to go prospecting.

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Metal Detecting Accessories and Knowledge

Accessories in Metal Detecting

Article by Viv James

I recently sold a tin that contained candies, which I bought about a month ago. I sold it to a woman who paid 10 dollars for it because she was collecting tins from this particular brand of candy and my one had a famous cartoon character on the side of it. On one particular night I was getting rather bored and actually took a rest on the sand whilst the others continued detecting. Whilst sitting in the sand I started sifting with my hands and out popped a 24 carat gold necklace. I was hooked.

When you think of treasure hunting, maybe gold coins and precious stones come to mind, but it doesn’t end there. You can start in your own attic to see what treasures you find. Then you can check out some of the more unusual ways to go treasure hunting. The bottom line is that if you want to take up the hobby to purely make money – the odds are against you. If you want to take a hobby and meet all interesting people, go on digs or dives together, have frills of finding Gold and Silver, Old and New…………..with the chance of finding that one off find, then join the hobby. It has a lot to offer.

Several years ago, I treasure-mapped a trip to California. My husband and I were newly weds with debts from former marriages. There was no way that I could purchase the air-fare to California. After I treasure-mapped my trip, I actually won a contest and received the round trip ticket to California in the mail!

Who Else Wants to Know About Some Accessories in Metal Detecting?

Metal detectors are not an all-for-one device. This means that metal detectors cannot exist alone. They need some metal detecting accessories to facilitate or expedite the detection process. If you want to pursue your dream as a treasure hunter or you simply adore finding rare and valuable metals hidden beneath the earth’s surface, investing in a good set of metal detectors and accessories for metal detecting is important. This will guarantee your search will be more positive and more valuable findings.

However, not all accessories in metal detecting are the same. Hence, it is important that you know these items so that you can easily identify them as you encounter them in the market.

1. Books about metal detecting

You need to have a wide array of good metal detecting books. Experts say that nearly 90% of successful people in metal detecting are well adept and knowledgeable of the process. Hence, they say that one of the most important tools in order to succeed in metal detecting is knowledge. And you can only gain it through metal detecting books and experience.

2. Digging tools

To treasure-map a spouse or special companion, concentrate on finding pictures that represent what you want the relationship to look like: how you want to be treated, what you will do together what values you would share, etc.

Although you may not realize it, metaphorically the Publishers Clearing House comes by your door every morning, and every day you have the winning lottery ticket. How is this possible? Well, within you there already exists a treasure chest. It is filled with the priceless jewels of your own positive memories and your capacities to achieve positive states of being.

Walk-through metal detectors are most common in airports, hotels, government buildings, and other public places. They are designed to detect razor blades, weapons and microprocessor chips. They come with superb discrimination, excellent target selection, high throughput, low false alarm rate, uniform detection within the entire archway, and a bi-directional system.

Our city collects large junk for free during a week each spring. We see good bicycles, furniture, games, toys, chairs, and more, in front of almost every house. Several people come with trucks and trailers to pick out things to sell at flea markets or auctions. It’s a regular source of income for some of them. I’m sure this happens in other cities too.

Corporate teams will spend the entire day in wandering to every possible locations and comparing the sites with the given photographs. In this event, each team has to take photographs, which should be similar to the given photographs. You need these tools to retrieve your metal detecting finds, such as nuggets, coins, relics, and jewelry items. Never use your bare hands or any other tools not created for digging. You may only damage your metal detecting finds.

3. Harness

To lighten up the burden of carrying your metal detector, try using a harness. You can find a good harness for every type of metal detector.

4. Plug popper

In order to retrieve rings and coins without denting or scratching the turf, try to use a plug popper. This will enable you to remove clogged coins or any metal detecting finds without having to damage your turf.

5. Sand baskets

If you are into beach metal detecting, it is best that you have sand baskets to facilitate the process. Since the sand is made of very tiny particles, it will be hard to find coins beneath the layers. Hence, to retrieve jewelry and coins easily and fast, try to use a sand basket

6. Headphones

You need these items to enable you to hear even the faintest sound of a target. With them you will never miss a find, so have a good set of headphones with you. All of these things are specially built to expedite your metal detecting process. You can never start your metal detecting activity without these items. Otherwise, you have to settle for alternatives, which create a greater risk of damaging your finds or your metal detector device.

Get ready for the hunt of the season. If you have an energetic and adventurous corporate team with a limited budget, then GSP treasure hunt in Derbyshire is just the right thing for you.

Even with the best scoops available, it is sometimes very difficult and frustrating to try to recover targets at the edge of the surf. Find out more about metal detectors at metal detector info site. But there are plenty of things people have overlooked that with some time and imagination can be objects of beauty in your home.

Americans treasure their past, which is one reason antiques are so popular. Antiques are relics of a time now gone. We look back on our history with pride. Furniture, jewelry, even automobiles that were in common use many years ago, are prized antiques today, simply because of the era they came from.

You might find iron debris, broken potteries and glassware which could be the best location to find older items and perhaps even novelty coins, jewelries, watches, relics and other possible collectibles. Go where people gather together during the busy season, local beaches, town beaches, old marinas, and ocean beaches are most likely the prime spot for buttons, bullets, sinkers, Indian artifacts, old charms, and ornaments. Find out more on metal detecting at http://www.detect-metal.info

While metal detecting during the Grand National Relic Shootout sponsored by The Treasure Depot, Mike uncovers a cache of coins in the area of a Civil War camp among artillery frags and shells.
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Posted by shawn - March 30, 2012 at 5:05 am

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Oregon Gold Mining

OK, so I am running a little late after lovely April 15th.  Well, now I need to get back to helping you find some gold to keep the government running along with your fat taxes from the big gold you find, because I am sure that you report every single ounce you find.

Oregon has had significant gold production over the years.  This document is a solid twenty-three page historical document on gold mining in Oregon.

Oregon has a lot of things going for it, because lots of the state has plenty of water.  Also, there is lots of government land which makes it easy to find places to file a claim.

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Iron ore crusher processing plant with vibrating screens : Eldorado Gold Starts Operations at Turkey Gold Mine

Iron ore crusher processing plant with vibrating screens : Eldorado Gold Starts Operations at Turkey Gold Mine

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Eldorado Gold has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

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Eldorado Gold is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

Eldorado has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

RELATED: vibrating screens

Eldorado is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

Eldorado Gold has started operations at Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, with all necessary permits to carry out full mining and processing operations in place.

Currently, low grade ore is being fed to the mill, with mining activities continuing in the south ore shoot, and about 16,000t at 10.5g/t gold being stockpiled at the plant site.

RELATED: vibrating screens

Eldorado Gold is studying the Efemcukuru mine’s potential to increase its annual gold production from 120,000oz to 150,000oz per annum.

Eldorado Gold president and CEO Paul Wright said the high-grade operation at Efemcukuru will contribute to low-cost ounces and help ensure that Eldorado remains in the industry’s lowest quartile of production cash costs. iron ore processing plant

In addition, the Kisladag mine reached a significant milestone, producing over 1Moz of gold since it began operations in 2006. iron ore crusher

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