gravel pit gold?

[65catalina]

So I work at a gravel pit, and the bank we are working looks very interesting. Just curious on anyone's thoughts on finding some gold. Have found small amounts in our sand screw before. And our pit is only 3 miles from a gold rush Era gold mine. Notice the layer of sand with a clump of round rock on top. Ancient river bed?

 

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[BosnMate]

If it was me I'd do some testing. What could it hurt? Sure looks like ancient river bed to me. You have a lot of water available, run some through a sluice.

 

[Gold Maven]

Stick with the sand screw, any fine gold from the cut will end up there.

Keep your eye out for black sand layers in the high wall, they are worth processing separately, just be careful, those high walls fall with no warning, and can be deadly.

Get yourself a wide sluice that you can hook up to the drain on the sand screw, then take a big water hose and wash the material through. The tricky part is to keep from overloading your riffles, I'm still working on that.......

Good Luck.

 

[fowledup]

I knew of one operation that added a gold circuit to the run process and it paid for the plants general operating expenses. Everything was locked and sealed and only the plant manager and the property owner did the cleanouts. Another outfit I used to do work for pulled theirs out even tho they were getting gold. Owner said he lost more in labor wages cause the guys were always playing with the gold box.

 

[RGINN]

Go out there and pan a little. NOT on the clock at work though. Probably not the motherlode, but always cool to see a few flakes in the pan. If it turns out better than that, I would keep my mouth shut.

 

[65catalina]

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Still haven't got to spend much time out there off the clock. But I'll be sure to post my findings, if any, when I do!