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[alloy_II]

Shoot if you were closer to Oregon I'd be over right now to see the mill operate! I'd be happy to get 1 ton a day. Come June hoping to fire mine up if I can find some decent ore. Been prospecting with the detector, tracing the strike of veins mapping everything out in ONx. Been through 1,000 of feet of tunnels. Best I found so far runs 0.14opt gold and .16opt silver. Used a cheap china digital computer scope to take the picture. Crushed to about 80 mesh. Planning on prospecting and hopefully mining 3 months this year solid. Have to wait till the kids are on summer vacation. Start with dig some of the overburden off a vein the old timers surface mined and possibly drift into the sidehill if the vein has consistent values. Gain 1 foot of back for every foot in because the hill is so steep. They surface mined it for a good 300 feet so there's alot of vein left underneath.. If it turns out the vein is barren or pockety I'll forget about drifting on it and look for pockets. Being they surface mined it for such a long consistent stretch though I suspect that it has ore throughout. Won't know till the snow melts and I can get digging!

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[bc5391]

 

[Assembler]

I would be happy to work 1 ton a week…lol

Even though I hope to return to Reno some day to search for some ever elusive so-called quartz…

Tomorrow….Always tomorrow…So much for today is the day…

Ed T

I agree that 1 ton a week is a more realistic goal due to all sorts of issues and I'm glad with that as a goal.

Right now I figure that steel cable is the way to go for moving equipment and rock around. Will add a couple of chain hosts to the cable for lifting and lowering.

 

[Assembler]

Shoot if you were closer to Oregon I'd be over right now to see the mill operate! I'd be happy to get 1 ton a day. Come June hoping to fire mine up if I can find some decent ore. Been prospecting with the detector, tracing the strike of veins mapping everything out in ONx. Been through 1,000 of feet of tunnels. Best I found so far runs 0.14opt gold and .16opt silver. Used a cheap china digital computer scope to take the picture. Crushed to about 80 mesh. Planning on prospecting and hopefully mining 3 months this year solid. Have to wait till the kids are on summer vacation. Start with dig some of the overburden off a vein the old timers surface mined and possibly drift into the sidehill if the vein has consistent values. Gain 1 foot of back for every foot in because the hill is so steep. They surface mined it for a good 300 feet so there's alot of vein left underneath.. If it turns out the vein is barren or pockety I'll forget about drifting on it and look for pockets. Being they surface mined it for such a long consistent stretch though I suspect that it has ore throughout. Won't know till the snow melts and I can get digging!

You are on the right track from what your picture shows.
With all the scare now about forest fires. We may have to mine either underground only or more in the winter time - spring.

 

[Assembler]

I will even mill my own timbers for going underground when that stage happens. There is lots of big downed trees that will have bugs in them that no one will get bent out of shape over. If necessary will send pictures of dying trees and notice the FS before cutting for clean wood timbers that come only from the claim grounds.

I don't like the idea of going under ground with out a lot of cribbing work and may have to have a fair amount of help for that type of work.

 

[Mountaineer2020]

I will even mill my own timbers for going underground when that stage happens. There is lots of big downed trees that will have bugs in them that no one will get bent out of shape over. If necessary will send pictures of dying trees and notice the FS before cutting for clean wood timbers that come only from the claim grounds.

I don't like the idea of going under ground with out a lot of cribbing work and may have to have a fair amount of help for that type of work.

The rock is pretty competent where I'm working. The crosscut in the picture is 120 years old. No cave-ins and 400 feet long to where it intersects the vein. Most of the timbers were for hanging lanterns and perching packrats like the picture. The tunnels I have been in haven't caved except where they got crazy stoping. Usually the portal is in bad shape too from weathering and erosion. But ya if it does come to setting some timbers going to need some extra muscle.

 

[JohnWhite]

I have had one heck of an experience here on tnet but I feel it is time to bid farewell to this site…I believe there are more trackers on this site than there should be…I believe that over 70 is overkill…

Good luck to all of your in your quests for whatever it is that your hearts desire…

Ed T

 

[BlasterJ]

Good video. Cavers call this "capping" or "Tic Boom" in Europe. It works. The only major disadvantage is being closer than you'd like to the action.

 

[Assembler]

I have had one heck of an experience here on tnet but I feel it is time to bid farewell to this site…I believe there are more trackers on this site than there should be…I believe that over 70 is overkill…

Good luck to all of your in your quests for whatever it is that your hearts desire…

Ed T

You can always start a conversation with the ones you want to talk to. Then there will be no trackers.

 

[bc5391]

Good video. Cavers call this "capping" or "Tic Boom" in Europe. It works. The only major disadvantage is being closer than you'd like to the action.

Also called micro shaving.
I think I would rather invest in a micro blaster and keep my didtance

 

[Assembler]

Also called micro shaving.
I think I would rather invest in a micro blaster and keep my didtance

A little to close for comfort in case something goes wrong.

 

[Assembler]

I think a shotgun size charge with a remote trigger is a safer setup. One should always have some real protection between you and the charge going off.

 

[gold tramp]

Good video. Cavers call this "capping" or "Tic Boom" in Europe. It works. The only major disadvantage is being closer than you'd like to the action.

Once again I'm the odd man out I would just go to the truck grab a sledge and commence to breakin rock.
Getter done ...
Gt.....

 

[gold tramp]

Shoot if you were closer to Oregon I'd be over right now to see the mill operate! I'd be happy to get 1 ton a day. Come June hoping to fire mine up if I can find some decent ore. Been prospecting with the detector, tracing the strike of veins mapping everything out in ONx. Been through 1,000 of feet of tunnels. Best I found so far runs 0.14opt gold and .16opt silver. Used a cheap china digital computer scope to take the picture. Crushed to about 80 mesh. Planning on prospecting and hopefully mining 3 months this year solid. Have to wait till the kids are on summer vacation. Start with dig some of the overburden off a vein the old timers surface mined and possibly drift into the sidehill if the vein has consistent values. Gain 1 foot of back for every foot in because the hill is so steep. They surface mined it for a good 300 feet so there's alot of vein left underneath.. If it turns out the vein is barren or pockety I'll forget about drifting on it and look for pockets. Being they surface mined it for such a long consistent stretch though I suspect that it has ore throughout. Won't know till the snow melts and I can get digging!

I've worked over a few of these type trenchs found out by sampling they we're just rich surface deposits, a couple had drifting below them in the mnt but there was no vein to be found below guess because of the surface richness exploration into the mnt was worthy, lot of work for nothing.
I think they called these a blind drift...
Gt....
I haven't forgotten about the pics of different veins, I been dealing with the covid for a week now so haven't been out, still to sick to deal with 30 miles of washboard road, I've grown to dislike off roaders on the mine roads, they are just to destructive, but there's more of them than miners so I just bite the bullet drive 10 mile an hour and get my tits shook off....

 

[russau]

Super setup device ! EZ to make and to use !!

 

[Red_desert]

I will even mill my own timbers for going underground when that stage happens. There is lots of big downed trees that will have bugs in them that no one will get bent out of shape over. If necessary will send pictures of dying trees and notice the FS before cutting for clean wood timbers that come only from the claim grounds.

I don't like the idea of going under ground with out a lot of cribbing work and may have to have a fair amount of help for that type of work.

The rock is pretty competent where I'm working. The crosscut in the picture is 120 years old. No cave-ins and 400 feet long to where it intersects the vein. Most of the timbers were for hanging lanterns and perching packrats like the picture. The tunnels I have been in haven't caved except where they got crazy stoping. Usually the portal is in bad shape too from weathering and erosion. But ya if it does come to setting some timbers going to need some extra muscle.

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Competent meaning should be productive? Maybe you meant safe to work.

 

[Assembler]

Competent meaning should be productive? Maybe you meant safe to work.

There is to much movement in the ground in some areas not to crib or support big time.

 

[Assembler]

Once again I'm the odd man out I would just go to the truck grab a sledge and commence to breakin rock.
Getter done ...
Gt.....

A sledge is hard to beet for all terrain grounds. Still like the idea of a stamp mill no matter how small it is if one is working all the time during the week.

 

[Red_desert]

Competent meaning should be productive? Maybe you meant safe to work.

There is to much movement in the ground in some areas not to crib or support big time.

Myself, would be hard to trust an old mine.

 

[Assembler]

I also like the idea of a small lift / chair lift mover to move bags of rocks you can not pick up to swing the rocks around as needed.
Anyone use a lift of some kind on rough grounds?