Bejay
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On the other thread about using a small excavator; it was mentioned that you could fly some of the smaller ones in. A good friend and mining buddy used to be a hard rock lode miner and he was telling me that he would/could float a 5 inch dredge down onto his placer claim below my claim. There is no way he could float a 5 inch dredge 1/2 mile down this small creek. But he assured me he could easily do it. Rather than argue with him I let it go in one ear and out the other.
Later as it got closer to the time to start dredging & we had some more discussions, he told me he had floated a jeep into his hard rock mine many years ago; and the USFS could not figure out how he had done it.....there was NO Creek.
Long story short....he uses helium balloons. Can't be windy and there has to be clear overhead...but he assured me he has done it often. So when he said he would float his dredge down the small creek; he meant he would float it with helium balloons attached. ANYONE ELSE EVER DONE THIS?
Bejay
Later as it got closer to the time to start dredging & we had some more discussions, he told me he had floated a jeep into his hard rock mine many years ago; and the USFS could not figure out how he had done it.....there was NO Creek.
Long story short....he uses helium balloons. Can't be windy and there has to be clear overhead...but he assured me he has done it often. So when he said he would float his dredge down the small creek; he meant he would float it with helium balloons attached. ANYONE ELSE EVER DONE THIS?
Bejay
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