GOLD RUSH ALASKA season 2

[Goodyguy]

On the Discovery Channel Friday, October 28, 2011 at 9PM e/p.

Well folks it wont be long until the drama continues
Here's a sneak preview...

 

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[Gork]

Looks like a good spot to do some sampling.

GG~

Actually the rainbow would end on 24 Above, right fork, Hunker Creek. My valley runs into it. Officially my valley is named #24 Pup. I have named it No Bottom Gulch. #24 above is owned by Dietmar Gritzka, a longtime Klondike miner who has "made it." He had some of the richest ground in the Klondike. In the 1980s he did as much as 10 ounces per hour. His claim, where the rainbow ends on, was where one of the Yukon dredges stopped in 1911. They dismantled it and shipped it to Iditarod in Alaska as there was a new gold strike there. There were still some worn our parts laying around on Dietmar's claim. They stopped because, as this is on the right fork and getting near the top of the creek, water was a problem to float the dredge.

 

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[GrayCloud]

Envy is a sin and I am a sinner.

 

[hmmm]

Season 2 Episode 7 - Gold at Last

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http://www.putlocker.com/file/7A1E17E6B2BD82F9#

JUST WATCHED it.
my only complaint was, the kid should have wore bucking pants. i have fallen a lot of big trees, some 6 feet in diameter and i will say ,he did a good with the falling. i am rooting for him.

 

[Goldbear]

I find myself with a narrator in my head as i cut firewood:
"Now steve has to fall this tree, but can't let it get caught up in the one next to it or serious complications could result"

Some of the crap they drama out is so ridiculous!!! LOL

 

[Jeffro]

Will he use crimp connectors on his chainsaw starter, or solder them; losing PRECIOUS time........ time he doesn't have...... .....

 

[Gork]

Posted this yesterday, but should have done it here.

This photo was taken in front of my cabin in late February 1986. It is only about five miles from the TV show "Gold Rush" Hoffman's outfit on Quartz Creek. That is my tough buddy Raymond feeding his sled dogs a half frozen salmon each at -58 degrees. We just came in on a 6 1/2 mile trail and I am glad my wife knows how to build a fire fast. Talk about frozen gold. You even have to keep the outhouse seat by the stove and take it with you when you need to do your "business." Now you know why the "Gold Rush" people aren't still up there.

 

[GrayCloud]

Gork, You still got all ya toes?
I have been in -27 actual temp and that was bad. It froze the water in my truck radiator, while bouncing over a ice packed road in Washington State. Had to cardboard up the radiator, to make it in to a Spokane truckstop. Cannot imagine what -58 would be like.

 

[Gork]

Don't know if this will show up very good, but here is a photo of some of my dendritic gold from my Klondike claims. About 2/3 of my gold is in this form. The other is the big bloby gold I have shown in previous photos.

 

[Goodyguy]

I really like the one that resembles a horse head
Those are some beautiful specimens.

 

[Gork]

Yes it is amazing what can be seen in the shapes. I hadn't noticed that. When I have sold my larger nuggets at a premium, the price is affected by what the buyer sees in the shape.

 

[GrayCloud]

Sorry to disagree GoodyGuy, but is looks more like a Scottish Terrier to me. Course I am on my second Coke Zero tonight, so my eyesight may not be the best.

 

[Gork]

This was my mining operation in the 1990s. It was a typical "mom and pop" operation in the Klondike. The reason I never lost was that I tuned the cost of the operation to what I had determined was the economic value of my claims. This was done by prospecting. I basically did it by shafting which can give a better sample of the gold value than drilling. The advantage of drilling is that it can be done faster and over a wide area of the ground. Drilling is a science and the driller must be a good technician. The guy we call "Porcupine Henry" that drilled for the Hoffmans on the "Gold Rush" show is an excellent technician and one of the best in the Klondike. But drilling is not necessarily good for all ground. The ground that the Hoffmans are on has a pay streak of fine gold over a wide area. Drilling is ideal on this ground. Ground like mine, that contains generally coarse gold and nuggets, is much harder to determine the economic value by drilling. Shafting is sometimes best in this type of ground.
When I got to the Klondike in the late 1970s, the old-timers would sit at the bar in the Snakepit and discuss the "art of prospecting." This is sometimes a very difficult subject to explain. It almost borders on the abstract. Anyone can claim to be a prospector. But very few can claim to be a successful prospector. A successful prospector is one who makes a profit from what is discovered.
Most operations in the Klondike are "mom and pop" operations because even a good claim will only support this type of claim. The Hoffman's have several strikes against them. First, they are leasing. There goes 10% off the top. But their biggest problem is too many partners. The ground has to be seven times as rich as what is usually found in the Klondike. Anyone can research the area they are on just upstream from the mouth of Toronto Creek on Quartz Creek by going to the Yukon Territory Government mining sites. This is where their prospecting should have started.

 

[Goodyguy]

That's just the right size for a two person operation

Say here's a book from 1898 "The Official Guide to the Klondike" you may enjoy:
http://www.archive.org/stream/klondikeofficial00ogiluoft#page/n3/mode/2up

If you liked that one here's another.....
http://www.archive.org/stream/klondyke00clem#page/n5/mode/2up

Just click on the arrows to turn the pages. Best viewed in full screen.
You can zoom in too if you like. Lots of adjustments included on screen.

By the way, here are 279 ebooks on Gold, published between 1800 & 2011 that are free to read online:
http://openlibrary.org/subjects/gold_discoveries#sort=edition_count&ebooks=true

GG~

 

[Gork]

GoodyGuy:

Thanks for the heads up on those books. I have been collecting books on the Klondike for over thirty years. It can get very expensive for the rare ones.

 

[Gork]

Here is one of my most spectacular nuggets I have recovered. It weighs 1/2 ounce and is about the size of a quarter. This one really drives the geologists nuts.

 

[dave wiseman]

Killer stuff..........

 

[calisdad]

Wow- looks like someone cut the trim off the pope's vestments. But better.

 

[Goodyguy]

I am enjoying Gork's and Klondikeike's stories and gold way more than watching the Gold Rush Alaska show!
Keep em coming guy's. Gives us something real to enjoy between Friday nights

Tonight's show:
ON THE GOLD -

With the washplant prepped, the Hoffman crew finally has their first clean-out of the season. Back in Alaska, Dakota Fred works furiously to win his "more gold in a week" bet that he made with Jack. At Big Nugget, Parker clashes with his grandfather when John wants to shut down the wash plant.


GG~

 

[kuger]

I am enjoying Gork's and Klondikeike's stories and gold way more than watching the Gold Rush Alaska show!
Keep em coming guy's. Gives us something real to enjoy between Friday nights

Tonight's show:
ON THE GOLD -

With the washplant prepped, the Hoffman crew finally has their first clean-out of the season. Back in Alaska, Dakota Fred works furiously to win his "more gold in a week" bet that he made with Jack. At Big Nugget, Parker clashes with his grandfather when John wants to shut down the wash plant.


GG~

........More than anything,I dont want to see those two fight!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

I am enjoying Gork's and Klondikeike's stories and gold way more than watching the Gold Rush Alaska show!
Keep em coming guy's. Gives us something real to enjoy between Friday nights

Tonight's show:
ON THE GOLD -

With the washplant prepped, the Hoffman crew finally has their first clean-out of the season. Back in Alaska, Dakota Fred works furiously to win his "more gold in a week" bet that he made with Jack. At Big Nugget, Parker clashes with his grandfather when John wants to shut down the wash plant.


GG~

........More than anything,I dont want to see those two fight!!!

if your talking Parker and his grandfather, my guess would be
his grandfater would find it to be a good sign that Parker
is Conviced he can make it work,
Or the Producers set it up as a way to boost Ratings