oidium45
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- Mar 6, 2017
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Hey everyone!
I found a bit of gold on the San Gabriel East Fork over the weekend (See pic). I keep being told that it is a pretty decent amount for only running upwards of 4 five-gallon buckets of material but it seems pretty light to me. Anyway, I was having some difficulty in setting up my sluice. I wish I had taken some video but I will do my best to describe the issues...
I started off not having enough flow to wash down the 1/2" classification so I built a quick dam to increase flow. Then, I found that the increased flow was causing the flair to create a "V" shaped flow in the center just below the flair that would wash all of the black sand out of the matting in a "V" pattern pushing everything to the left and right. I tried increasing and reducing the flow and no matter what these seemed to be my two options... Low flow or "V" pattern in the matting.
The second day I tried setting up in a spot that looked like it already had not only good flow but a smooth flow. I ran into the same issue again. I am starting to think that I will have to stick with the lower flow and classify down to 1/4" or so.
Thoughts?
3-4 buckets (Closer to 4)
This was the first cleanout after one bucket just to see how things were going.
This was one last bucket that I decided to run just before I left the site.
I found a bit of gold on the San Gabriel East Fork over the weekend (See pic). I keep being told that it is a pretty decent amount for only running upwards of 4 five-gallon buckets of material but it seems pretty light to me. Anyway, I was having some difficulty in setting up my sluice. I wish I had taken some video but I will do my best to describe the issues...
I started off not having enough flow to wash down the 1/2" classification so I built a quick dam to increase flow. Then, I found that the increased flow was causing the flair to create a "V" shaped flow in the center just below the flair that would wash all of the black sand out of the matting in a "V" pattern pushing everything to the left and right. I tried increasing and reducing the flow and no matter what these seemed to be my two options... Low flow or "V" pattern in the matting.
The second day I tried setting up in a spot that looked like it already had not only good flow but a smooth flow. I ran into the same issue again. I am starting to think that I will have to stick with the lower flow and classify down to 1/4" or so.
Thoughts?
3-4 buckets (Closer to 4)
This was the first cleanout after one bucket just to see how things were going.
This was one last bucket that I decided to run just before I left the site.
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