Aces and Eights Mine.....our project

IMAUDIGGER

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Looks very promising. Did you do any metal detecting?

I want to see some dirt under those fingernails next time!
Do you play guitar?
 

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Sorry guys and gals, but the video was made private due to too many potlickers wanting in on this all of a sudden.
 

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Sorry guys and gals, but the video was made private due to too many potlickers wanting in on this all of a sudden.

Sorry to hear that. No shortage of people trying to get in on someone else’s good fortune. They are to lazy to do their homework. Lots of good ground left it’s just not the easy ground. I wish you guys the best of luck stay safe and hit the motherload
 

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Mad Machinist

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Yea, if they wanted in they should have been out there with us fighting the catclaw and picking them out of their skin. Still think I have a few stuck in me from my area of operations.
 

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Hey machinist hope the new endeavor works out as a big plus. I didn't get to see the gold mine porn video but trust it was good. Good luck.
 

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Hey machinist hope the new endeavor works out as a big plus. I didn't get to see the gold mine porn video but trust it was good. Good luck.

9.875 opt.

We actually split the company into an east and west division. SaltwaterServr and company take care of the west part of the state and I take care of the east part of the state.

My new avatar came from a deposit I am trying to develop the here in the eastern part of the state. And early indication are it is a small but an incredibly rich deposit that just might dwarf 9.875 opt.

Fighting mesquite, creasote, and catclaw to get to it.
 

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The sample assayed was just a loose piece of ore, was it not?
Or did that come directly from intact deposit?

Either way it’s a nice chunk of rock.
 

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Came directly from an intact deposit.

Good news.

In areas known for pocket gold, many miners gave up as soon as the pocket started playing out and the rock started getting hard. The early miners were using hand jacks, sorting ore by candle light, crushing with a sledge hammer, picking out the corn flakes and panning the rest.

Any more than that would require significant development efforts to excavate through marginally paying ore. It was a gamble many would not take. That marginal ore looks pretty good these days.

My dad spoke to an old miner that told him a story about his dad leaving a section of rich ore on the hanging wall as a savings of sort. He always knew he could come back to that if things started playing out or some equipment needed repaired.
 

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