Alaska Beach Mining Video - Shot around 4th of July

goldhog · Jul 10, 2016

Ray was pretty busy so I grabbed some of his footage and helped him edit.
Pretty cool stuff. Group of several guys running different equipment.
Lots of fine gold there. I think a few ounces between the three of them
over two days.

Tuberale · Jul 10, 2016

Fine gold video!

DXBDave · Jul 10, 2016

Great video, thanks for sharing. Curious though, that didn't look like the Nome area. As a novice, I was under the impression that was pretty much the only area for beach gold. Can you share where without giving any secrets away? Thanks

goldhog · Jul 10, 2016

DXBDave said:
Great video, thanks for sharing. Curious though, that didn't look like the Nome area. As a novice, I was under the impression that was pretty much the only area for beach gold. Can you share where without giving any secrets away? Thanks

No secrets... public beach area in Juneau.
All the gold there is 50 - 300 mesh stuff.
Ray has a bunch of videos on his channel.
Doc

johnedoe · Jul 10, 2016

Over on the Alaska Prospecting Forum is a great link about beach placers in Alaska.
Alaska Gold Forum :: Alaska Prospecting Forum :: Alaska Beach Gold Placers (excluding Nome, AK)

And another... https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1K6YLiBU9Irc9ccU0kNupP2zAKsA

Oh, and by the way.... The digs are at the old tailings site from the stamp mills they used in the Juneau hard rock mines.

DXBDave · Jul 11, 2016

Thanks guys, much appreciated. More places to add to my bucket list...gonna need more buckets.

DXBDave · Jul 11, 2016

Holy frijole, had no idea there were so many!

DXBDave · Jul 11, 2016

goldhog said:
No secrets... public beach area in Juneau.
All the gold there is 50 - 300 mesh stuff.
Ray has a bunch of videos on his channel.
Doc

Like I said, new here. Where might I look for Rays channel? Pardon my ignorance

johnedoe · Jul 11, 2016

Here ya go..............

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLEF-osqDGtqISQmuPXmaQ

Alex Burke · Jul 11, 2016

Here's a kmz file of some of the Alaskan Beach Placers for google earth. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx1BfYgqRh1VZlJSeV9UbUxmdk0/view?pref=2&pli=1
Edit I just saw John linked it too, either link will get you to the file. The member Dragline of the AK gold forum did all the hard work I just recompiled the info into a kmz as the original got lost.

goldhog · Jul 12, 2016

Ray was running a 5" floating dredge FYI... but he was having big issues with tides, waves, etc.
So he takes his box off his dredge now and runs a 4" hydro nozzle.
Plus.. the 5" was producing too much water and too heavy of a bedload in the sluice for beach sands.
He also put that video up as well.

KevinInColorado · Jul 12, 2016

DXBDave said:
Holy frijole, had no idea there were so many!

Most of em it looks like you'd need a boat to get there right?

Alex Burke · Jul 12, 2016

Come on Kevin lets get a boat throw a motor on it and go! We can land on beaches like Navy Seals and start digging. Sure we might drown but we might find some good gold too

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johnedoe · Jul 12, 2016

KevinInColorado said:
Most of em it looks like you'd need a boat to get there right?

Most of them would require a helicopter....... :laughing7:

You haven't seen some of the Alaskan coast that I have....

goldhog · Jul 12, 2016

You need to watch Ray riding his dredge into the harbor like a boat.
He uses the thrust from his pump and a trolling motor.
All the while smoking a cig and shooting video...
LOL...
He's a great guy loving life.

Alex Burke · Jul 12, 2016

I think many of the known locations for gold in AK were found before the age of the helicopter. The prospectors and even the geologists were tough as nails and smart to find so many good spots in the early days there without modern transportation.

I remember reading a story about a guy that rode hundreds of miles on a bike with leather wrapped wheels after they went flat to get to the gold fields back in the early gold rush days

johnedoe · Jul 12, 2016

Alex Burke said:
I think many of the known locations for gold in AK were found before the age of the helicopter. The prospectors and even the geologists were tough as nails and smart to find so many good spots in the early days there without modern transportation.

I remember reading a story about a guy that rode hundreds of miles on a bike with leather wrapped wheels after they went flat to get to the gold fields back in the early gold rush days

I agree the old timers were a tough bunch... But we have gotten soft and we have better tech... so lets make it easy on ourselves..... :laughing7:

Though there is no doubt the boat would be cheaper and you could haul more gear and supplies.....

As to the bicyclist....... If I remember correctly he rode from Dawson to Nome.... I could be wrong on this one but it is what seems to bubble up from the murky depths of my memory......

Here's the story...... Crossing frozen Alaska by bike ?*a hundred years ago | Half Past Done

Now after reading that..... You still think your some kind of badass?....... :laughing7:

Capt Nemo · Jul 15, 2016

Alex Burke said:
Come on Kevin lets get a boat throw a motor on it and go! We can land on beaches like Navy Seals and start digging. Sure we might drown but we might find some good gold too

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Ya need to deploy from a sub, hit the beach, mine all night, and be gone by morning! No gold gets left behind!

Mercenary Miner "When the gold is gone, so are we!"