Tell me about finding a lode

[robbor]

Dop you just find a quartz outcropp[ing and follow it and see if you hit gold then follow the vien Im interested. Can you really see gold in the quartz, I knowq some of the quartz is dark and the gold maybe small. I saw this and found it interestingb http://www.akmining.com/mine/jour131.htm

 

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[dave wiseman]

Hello robbor,Yes sometimes you can see gold in the quartz after digging it outof a vein.But mostly you don't see much for often it's covered with clay,mud etc.You can sample the different veins with using handtools only or using a detector,which has it's uses in hardrock.Butwhat if there's a pocket two feet insidethe vein?? One shouldlook in a known gold area,especially if it producedhigrade gold in the past.If you just want use hand tools,it's a fairly inexpensive way to start if your serious about it.Or you can buy an expensive detector and search mine dumps and other hardrock areas for specie.Any ,fire away. Dave

 

[Hoser John]

Get some books on geology at the library or if your rich buy them.You ain't a goner get but a drop of info ya need to know to even start hardrocking. Call your local jc for classesThey don't call it hard for nothing.Most expensive and labor intensive mode a mining there is.Tons a au 2 u 2-John