How Gold Is Mined: Potential spot?

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#1taternut

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting Potential spot?

So me and my buddy found this spot up in the mountains on google maps so we went to check it out. We didn't see much quartz but a lot of clay and a lot of exposed bedrock. And we also found a creepy cave about 5ft tall and who knows how deep. What do you guys think??

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Yesterday, 01:45 AM#2DesertNuggets DesertNuggets is offline

Mar 2011Tucson, AZGold Bug 2396 55 times Prospecting

There is only one way to know.

Sample the area.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 02:09 AM#3midnightmoon midnightmoon is offline

Mar 2008CaliforniaTesoro Sand Shark, Tesoro Silver uMax, Tesoro Made in ARIZONA, USA206 30 times Prospecting

+1 on DesertNuggets.

And ... if you aren't already carrying a can of bear fogger; you may want to get some.

Hope you make out like a bandit!

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 09:40 AM#4Jeff95531 Jeff95531 is online now

Feb 2013Deep in the redwoodsTeknetics Alpha 2000151 42 times Prospecting

Wouldn't surprise me if you found some pickers in those rocks. And look for piles of rock near the mine...they had to put em somewhere. What do you have in the way of equipment and access?

PS I would probably move that boulder at the bottom of the falls first. MMM-MMMM

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#5taternut taternut is offline

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting

Yeah there's an old mine at the bottom of the creek all boarded up so we climbed up the creek. I have pans, classifiers, a-52, diving equipment.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 11:53 AM#6secretcanyon secretcanyon is offline

donald petersonJan 2013somewhere between flagstaff, preskit275 58 times Relic Hunting

water in an old mine is super dangerous...the wood used to timber the shaft an drifts, mixed with water...creates some nasty breathing conditions.

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 11:53 AM#7TerryC TerryC is online now

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It is possible that it is not a gold mine. What does the county records say for the type of ores coming out of the area? Sweep up the floor area of the mine and along areas that the ore would have been hauled out at. May be lead, copper, molybdenum. Difficult to say. Check out the nearby dump. Get DOWN and DIRTY! Do some detective work and book work. You'll figure it out. Let us know. I am interested in knowing what you find. TTC

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#8taternut taternut is offline

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting

Originally Posted by TerryCIt is possible that it is not a gold mine. What does the county records say for the type of ores coming out of the area? Sweep up the floor area of the mine and along areas that the ore would have been hauled out at. May be lead, copper, molybdenum. Difficult to say. Check out the nearby dump. Get DOWN and DIRTY! Do some detective work and book work. You'll figure it out. Let us know. I am interested in knowing what you find. TTCI'm pretty positive it's copper that was our huge turn around from gold mining in our area. And I remember reading something some where that they stopped mining copper because it went down stream and polluted the lake. And where I'm at is on top of a mountain over looking the lake lol

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 01:13 PM#9209bluebus 209bluebus is offline

Feb 2011lodi13

saweeeeet spot.check it out.

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 10:13 PM#10DesertNuggets DesertNuggets is offline

Mar 2011Tucson, AZGold Bug 2396 55 times Prospecting

What's with the flag painted on the rock in the last pic? Some sort of marker?

Reply With Quote Yesterday, 10:43 PM#11H-2 CHARLIE H-2 CHARLIE is offline

Dec 2012on the rocks - so cal county lineGold bug pro / Whites coin master II257 31 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

A steel rake and a crevice vac then run it , is what i would do .

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 11:29 PM#12AzViper AzViper is offline

Sep 2012Gold Bug Pro, Sun Ray Gold Pro Headphones, Crevice Vac, Royal Gold Drywasher, Blue Bowl-Fossickers Fine Gold Recovery System, and Google Earth.254 152 times Prospecting

Not sure if anyone else sees this but I see a side profile of a face.

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Reply With Quote Yesterday, 11:38 PM#13chris rizin chris rizin is offline

May 2013Fair Oaks CAbrand new in the box hunk of junk discriminator 11 i got for twenty bucks!28 11 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

Originally Posted by AzViperNot sure if anyone else sees this but I see a side profile of a face.

Lol.. Nice

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#14taternut taternut is offline

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting

It was just some random graffiti it said something but I don't remember it wasn't anything special just a place to tag I guess lol

Reply With Quote Today, 12:27 AM#1563bkpkr 63bkpkr is offline

Northern CaliforniaAug 2007Northern CaliforniaXLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster1,878 586 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting Great Looking Location

AZViper, might be that the sight of all that water gave you the DT's? I mean you are a desert man after all. Kinda does look like a profile of Alfred E. Neuman*! Yup, I think so. Good spotting!

Hey Tater, that is one lovely location! Follow the advice given so far and you should do alright!.....................63bkpkr

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#16taternut taternut is offline

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting

Yeah I think it looks awesome too! But I talked to a local mining shop owner and he said he hasn't heard anything good about that area so it kinda turns me off of the area. Plus it's a sketchy road up to the creek

Reply With Quote Today, 07:35 AM#17B H Prospector B H Prospector is offline

Feb 2010Black Hills, South Dakota415 216 times All Types Of Treasure Hunting

Unless you have underground experiance stay out of the mine! Like they say " stay out stay alive." Old mines are nothing to fool around with. It's like retorting mercury if you don't know don't do it. With that said it is a very nice spot to check out. Don;t go by what a shop owner tells you. No one is going to tell him if they found a bonanza there. Check it out for yourself.

Good Luck!

BH Prospector

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Reply With Quote Today, 02:18 PM Original Poster

#18taternut taternut is offline

Apr 2013Northern CAHand sluice/Suction Dredge50 2 times Prospecting

I think I may try it out on my days off! Since theres a lot of red clay is that a bad thing?

Reply With Quote Today, 02:32 PM#19Rdg Sluicer Rdg Sluicer is offline

It is just a hobby?Dec 2012Redding, Ca66 15 times Prospecting

Hike in with a pan and test, test, test. It looks great! If your west of the lake I would bet there is gold up there.

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Reply With Quote Today, 02:34 PM#20Rdg Sluicer Rdg Sluicer is offline

It is just a hobby?Dec 2012Redding, Ca66 15 times Prospecting

Originally Posted by B H ProspectorUnless you have underground experiance stay out of the mine! Like they say " stay out stay alive." Old mines are nothing to fool around with. It's like retorting mercury if you don't know don't do it. With that said it is a very nice spot to check out. Don;t go by what a shop owner tells you. No one is going to tell him if they found a bonanza there. Check it out for yourself.

Good Luck!

BH ProspectorBest advice in the thread!