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...

 

[kuger]

Just like most things little changes from the days of old......4 ounces doesnt cover the expences of even the smallest operation!Back in the Gold rush if a guy was not pulling an ounce or two a day everyday he was moving on.A shovel cost an ounce in 1854.
The Gold Rush op gets fatter and new equipt comes out of the wood work.What does Todd do anyway??

 

[Gork]

Just like most things little changes from the days of old......4 ounces doesnt cover the expences of even the smallest operation!Back in the Gold rush if a guy was not pulling an ounce or two a day everyday he was moving on.A shovel cost an ounce in 1854.
The Gold Rush op gets fatter and new equipt comes out of the wood work.What does Todd do anyway??

I think Todd is the one on the Porcupine Creek operation, near Haines, Alaska, 600 miles south of the Canadian Klondike where the Hoffmans are. I'm in the Klondike so I don't know about him. In two weeks I will be in Arizona and can't wait to be in a little sun.

 

[Gork]

Opps, forgot. I wanted to tell you that the expenses in Dawson City are out of this world. We were paying equivalent to $6.50 per gallon of gas. Don't even want to talk about the groceries. That is why the wife has three gardens. All I have to do is keep the bears away from them.

 

[Gork]

I was surprised to hear that there were over 100 folks on the production crews!
And it also seems that some of the drama may not have been scripted as much as we first thought.

I've been told by those in the know that it's not uncommon for a show such as the second season of Gold Rush Alaska to have upwards of a 15-20 million dollar production budget! (first season not over 10 million)The gold is just icing on the cake.

Without backing by the Discovery channel I doubt the Hoffman's would ever have made it out of Oregon.

Hey Gork the first round is on me

Goodyguy:

That budget money of theirs did a lot of good for Dawson City. They stayed at the Triple J and completely booked the place for the entire summer. My wife and I and what I call "the upper-creek miners" ate at the restaurant there a few times on Fridays when we would come to town for our whoop-up. Sometimes they would have our favorite musicians there, such as Piano Bob, and Willy the fiddle player who was originally from the Eskimo village of Inuvik. They used to play in the Snakepit and there was nothing like a bunch of good ol' boys in cowboy hats doing the Texas two-step on a Friday night. The local Indians would do there jigging. That is kind of like the Texas two-step without touching.

 

[Gork]

This is my empire in the Klondike about five miles from the Hoffman's Gold Rush operation. See the arrow pointing to the claim called "Gork." Now you know where I got my logo from.

 

[Gork]

Attached is the cover of the International California Mining Journal for January 2012. For any of you who are interested in what else is going on in the Klondike besides the "Gold Rush" show, there is an article in this issue that I wrote. It is titled "Reality of the Klondike." On the cover I have circled a photo that is featured in the article and the title of the article. What you see on the cover is ten ounces + of gold in the riffles. On the map I have shown above of "my empire" you will see claim 30 AD. The people featured in the article are on that claim.

 

[Goodyguy]

Here's a larger photo for those who don't have the journal.

 

[calisdad]

Now that right there is Purty GG !

Did you notice the mat is parallel to the sluice? Contrary to popular thinking, but it must have something to do with the velocity of the flow, no?

 

[Goodyguy]

Now that right there is Purty GG !

Did you notice the mat is parallel to the sluice? Contrary to popular thinking, but it must have something to do with the velocity of the flow, no?

Good eye Calisdad, I noticed but didn't comment.
You'll have to ask Gork I was only posting his photo from the journal.

 

[Gork]

Now that right there is Purty GG !

Did you notice the mat is parallel to the sluice? Contrary to popular thinking, but it must have something to do with the velocity of the flow, no?

Do you think they are losing gold because of this? Isn't that what the large expanded metal is for? There are some different methods that those who mine with large equipment and do it for a living than those who are hobby miners. These people don't have to deal with "float" gold. They have ground that will knock your socks off.
There are those in the Klondike that use different forms of "slick plate." I will not go into the technicalities of this here. This is one form of slick plate. Have you noticed how much gold is in the rubber mat? Like I said, that is what the large expanded metal is for. I helped these people set up their operation. There are always things that can be tweaked.
By the way, if you observe the photos of the sluice boxes they used there in 1898, you will notice that they use for riffles just poles going the length of the sluice boxes.

 

[Goodyguy]

Thanks for the explanation Gork,

I do not think Calisdad was criticizing, but only asking an honest question in search of an informative answer.
We all want to learn of any tweak's that would be useful.

 

[kuger]

There is 10 ounces there??

 

[Gork]

There is 10 ounces there??

Why do you question it?

 

[kuger]

Doesnt look like it?I am not at my computer but I have pics of my box like that and there wasnt 10 ounces?Dont take it that wrong....I trust if you say there is there is

 

[Gork]

Doesnt look like it?I am not at my computer but I have pics of my box like that and there wasnt 10 ounces?Dont take it that wrong....I trust if you say there is there is

No you don't or you wouldn't have made the implication. You see what I meant in my personal note to you and where this is going GoodyGuy? I'm out of here and off this forum.

 

[kuger]

Doesnt look like it?I am not at my computer but I have pics of my box like that and there wasnt 10 ounces?Dont take it that wrong....I trust if you say there is there is

No you don't or you wouldn't have made the implication. You see what I meant in my personal note to you and where this is going GoodyGuy? I'm out of here and off this forum.

well if you cant take a question good ridence to you.This is a place for conversation,and that is what I was trying to do.Your answer to Calisdad was rude and off base as well,I guess you just want to shovel the stories and not be questioned....theres only one thing that can be a sign of

 

[jeff of pa]

Touchy People

Relax there is room for everyone

 

[tapoutking]

NOOOOO!!!!!!!! Gork please don't go. It was a pleasure going back and reading all your information. I'm currently reading "The Klondike Fever" The life and death of the last great goldrush by Pierre Berton and was wondering if you were familiar with this book? Im only 1/4 of the way thru it and can't put it down. Its always been a dream of mine to get up there not only to pan on some small tributary but to just take in the history.

 

[Goodyguy]

We all enjoy anecdotes and comments from those who are professional miners, especially from you Gork being that you have claims in the famous Klondike, and because you have done and are doing what some of us can only dream of.

Sorry if some of our questions and remarks seem tedious to you, but that is how we can learn from someone such as yourself.
Please do not be offended or take our queries as anything other than honest questions and remarks from those thirsty for knowledge.

So have a cold one to cool off and then get back in here and share some more of your experiences with us
GG~

 

[Goodyguy]

Does anyone else think something fishy is going on with discovery channel concerning Gold Rush Alaska?
Why are they doing the behind the scenes and then the after show instead of episodes?

Something seems funny and weird at the same time