Alaskan Pay dirt

[SteveDigsGems]

Earlier this evening I decided to pan some Alaskan pay dirt that I bought from an eBay seller. I bought 1 pound for $15, and it is guaranteed to have gold, because the lady sprinkles a pinch in. I didn't get rich, but I am really happy with the experience I got out of it. I have a lot of friends that want to travel out to my local gold bearing rivers with me to sluice, but before we go, I'm probably going to have them pan some of the dirt in my backyard. It is a good opportunity for them to see how the gold behaves, and it will motivate them for the upcoming trip.





Sorry about the quality, my camera ran out of batteries, this is an iPad picture. I'll get some batteries next time I'm at the store and upload what I found.







-Steve

 

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[arizau]

That sucks. MSHA, just another dirty word in the vocabulary at mining ops....not really but they are a pain, nitpicky and sometimes necessary to point out potential unnoticed hazards. The good news is that he showed up for a surprise inspection rather than a reported serious injury accident.

Better luck next season.

 

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[elkie13]

I'll admit that I think MSHA is a complete waste of time for small operations such as mine. However, the inspector was not a monster like I had heard. More interested in pointing our what would make us safe and compliant then writing tickets. Some of the stuff we have to do is completely a waste of time (guards over every moving part on the tommel even where you'd have to stand in the sluice box to stick your hand in), but a few of them I went "ok yeah, I never even considered that."
It was pretty frustrating that when I asked him questions about this our that the answer was usually "well I wouldn't ticket you for that but another inspector might not see it that way." Just proves that it is all up to the interpretation and mood of your inspector and you're damned either way.

 

[Duckshot]

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