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Jul 12, 2020, 03:30 PM
#16
 Ed Tracy
Last time I was there I got 6grams , remember I have been going there since 1995 during the big flood. That flood changed the way I though were the gold was and thus my journey into working the high benches. My suggestion to you is the next time you are there picture the river being about 18 to 20ft high and work the ground from that level and up, you know that big monster rock in the river, I start perpendicular to it. I know that area is over grown so be prepared to clear some brush, there is still virgin ground there.
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Jul 12, 2020, 03:40 PM
#17
Yea that brush above the normal flood mark is really nasty. I hadn’t even considered going that high.
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Jul 12, 2020, 05:11 PM
#18
 Ed Tracy
That is were it is, it wasn't there after the big flood but threw the years it grew back, the higher you go the more ancient the deposit is. As you know there is a ledge up there and even more powerful floods created that and there is gold in that bench to.
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Jul 12, 2020, 05:31 PM
#19
Yea that brush above the normal flood mark is really nasty. I hadn’t even considered going that high.
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Jul 12, 2020, 06:43 PM
#20
 eye man
Take a leave, if you can hold your job. Married? children? live off the grid, RV or Outfitters tent. Just you, you have it made, if not can be a lot to contend with. When I was in the RV business in Wyoming, I had 2 couples stop in the early Spring, from New Orleans. They had a claim in Idaho, this was their second year.They told me they planned to get over 1 Mi$$ion this year, and it was 1978. Go figure, price of gold. I was very interested and we talked for over an hour. I had $$$ and youth at the time, and was thinking about buying in and furnish some muscle and equipment. They were driving hydraulic trucks, wives were in 4x4's pulling campers.
Would've, should've,could've. BUT at the time I was knocking out a lotta $$. Looking back, MAYBE, I might have made my first Mi$$ion sooner.
I'm where I am because of the choices I've made. ****the fork in the road, pave it , put in utilities and build a sub-division. Put it on paper and weigh the +- for 5 years
Oh yea, they stopped by the following year as I asked them to do, and yes they were Mi$$ionaires. Way to go kids. I say kids, they looked to be in their late 20's.
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Jul 12, 2020, 07:02 PM
#21
I certainly wouldn't want to work like that for a living, but just for this summer while I don't have any obligations I think it would be a fun way to make a little cash. I need to get out there and look more but one thing that's distracting me is mineral collecting. Been going all over looking for different crystals.
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Jul 12, 2020, 07:57 PM
#22
i remember when it was only about $180 in the mid-'70's.
A little story for you about my crazy Uncle Bob. He worked in an asbestos silo spinning the stuff for years before contracting mesothelioma and losing half his lungs. When I went in to see him in the hospital, I expected to find a somber man, but he was all smiles because he was awarded 1.3 million dollars. I couldn't believe he was so happy and asked him what he was going to do after losing 1/2 of his lungs? He looked at me and said, "Look at me, I am a fat guy with no education, do you really think I was planning on starting up jogging"?
Anyway, i bring it up because crazy Bob always carried around a bag of gold nuggets from that day forward. They were normally 2-3 ounces in size and he would travel around the country leaving them behind as tips. I watched him leave a nugget behind after we had some pie at a diner. I asked him why he left gold instead of cash? He told me because a waitress will tell her friends about the day she received a large cash tip, but she will tell her grandchildren about the time she received a chunk of gold. In Bob's view, it made him immortal and to some degree it did as I still enjoy telling that story.
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Jul 12, 2020, 10:28 PM
#23
 I can dig it! "WP"
Dang ET you sure dont mind spilling the beans. lol
I thought keeping highbenches a secret was like a magician not telling how the magic tricks worked.
Well, too late now, the cats out of the bag
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Jul 12, 2020, 10:35 PM
#24
 Ed Tracy
 Originally Posted by Goodyguy
Dang ET you sure dont mind spilling the beans. lol
I thought keeping highbenches a secret was like a magician not telling how the magic tricks worked.
Well, too late now, the cats out of the bag 
What was shared to me by the old timers I share with the younglings, besides that I have secrete places far more richer LOl
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Jul 14, 2020, 02:09 PM
#25
$58 for pure gold. No one is gonna buy placer at that price except a collector. Not jewelers ,pawn shops or gold buyers.
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Mar 27, 2021, 12:59 AM
#26
 Originally Posted by et1955
That equates to just 58$ per gram, maybe time to rethink working my job or go mining. I get 35$ per hour where I work but when I mine I average a gram an hour here in Washington state but on my claims in N. California I average 4 grams an hour and that is just sluicing or panning. What would you do ?
Wow a gram an hour eh... post some of that gold porn. Don't recall seeing anything....
 Originally Posted by GoldDoozah
The fact that homo sapiens teach genetically engineered canines tricks, on the third planet of this particular star in the Milky Way, is extremely unlikely.
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Mar 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
#27
 Ed Tracy
Here you go, 6 grams in 3 hrs.
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Mar 28, 2021, 10:44 PM
#28
 Originally Posted by et1955
Here you go, 6 grams in 3 hrs. 
But how many shovels did you break?
 Originally Posted by GoldDoozah
The fact that homo sapiens teach genetically engineered canines tricks, on the third planet of this particular star in the Milky Way, is extremely unlikely.
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Mar 29, 2021, 12:34 AM
#29
 Ed Tracy
None on that place, easy diggings if you know what you are doing, no shovel needed, experience is the key. That was easy gold if you know what to look for and after over 40 years of mining I do. Sadly your response to my Pic of your request to show some of my gold I find is insulting, we miners should be helping and encouraging each other.
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Mar 29, 2021, 10:39 AM
#30
 Originally Posted by et1955
None on that place, easy diggings if you know what you are doing, no shovel needed, experience is the key. That was easy gold if you know what to look for and after over 40 years of mining I do. Sadly your response to my Pic of your request to show some of my gold I find is insulting, we miners should be helping and encouraging each other.
Well I found your original unnecessary comment insulting.. but you crotchety rude old guys never see how you come off. Only point the finger...its ok to be rude but when someone says something back to you your insulted.
Just listen to your self..."if you know what your doing" experience is key" 40 years of mining" ...you come off like gods gift to gold mining..you come off like an arrogant ass.. you decided to quote my comment first and trash it. Maybe in all your vast experience you might learn that respect is earned by giving it to others first. I don't owe some old clown on the internet anything.. watch what you say first and maybe, just maybe you won't get "insulted" in return
Last edited by mytimetoshine; Mar 29, 2021 at 10:55 AM.
 Originally Posted by GoldDoozah
The fact that homo sapiens teach genetically engineered canines tricks, on the third planet of this particular star in the Milky Way, is extremely unlikely.
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