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...

 

[Klondikeike]

Klondike here....

If one was still wondering if this show is staged or noit... this episode of discovering gold IN and ON the bedrock takes the cake and should prove to all...it is all staged..... this is so elementry and one cannot do any investigating about good prospecting as a newbe or a verteran to know that gold wil continue to migrate downward until it hits something so solid it cannot migrate any further....

I have mined in Alaska and other states as well... and most of the time... bedrock has a certain amount of "softness" to it, I've taken as much as 4 feet of bedrock before encoutering really hard bedrock....the further north one goes, it seems to be more prolific...all throught Alaska, a rotten schiest is often encoutered....

Once I have removed the soft and rotted bedrock.... I, working in a grid pattern, cover the entire exposed area with an MD to make sure I haven't left behind any nuggets or small pockets of gold still deeper in the bed rock....this has been my method of mining for many, many years....anything short of this and you are likely to leave gold behind....

Depending on your location, situation and other factors, one does need to weigh the cost of doing these extra steps as compared to the amount of gold you may be getting or leaving behind....

For myself and most of the mining locations and situations I have been in, it is cost effective to supper clean the bed rock..... I have only seen one time, in all my many years of mining, where it wasn't cost effective to supper clean bedrock.. and that was in the Nome AK ara on the famous Anvil Creek..... other than that....one ALWAYS trys to clean the bed rock.... I have recovered as much IN the bed rock as I did running all the material above the bed rock...

The Hoffman's know this... this program is so staged...all for the drama.... how many times have you all of them refer to getting down to bedrock where the "good gold" is in both seasons...?


Klondike....

 

[poorhunter78]

Is it just me, Or do they only find small gold? Could it be possible, All the material that has been Run through a setup as they have.. They lose some finger nail size or much larger specimens out the end of the shaker, Cause it will only take a certein size.. Right?

I ain't critisizing anyone, Just the curiosity cat bit me pretty hard..

Poorhunter

 

[clovis97]

I am bummed.

I've been watching GRA on YouTube. It appears that the full length episodes have been removed!!!

Pretty disappointing, to say the least. We don't have cable...what in the world am I going to watch on my iPhone?

 

[jeff of pa]

Is it just me, Or do they only find small gold? Could it be possible, All the material that has been Run through a setup as they have.. They lose some finger nail size or much larger specimens out the end of the shaker, Cause it will only take a certein size.. Right?

I ain't critisizing anyone, Just the curiosity cat bit me pretty hard..

Poorhunter

I wonder the Same, everytime I see boulders
Rolling down the Shaker.
Not just from Them, But from all operations.

I Wonder how many Boulders with Gold
go the way of the Tailing Piles

 

[JOe L]

Dust is all thats collected. What ever happened to the gold veins running through rock. Does no one find these
any more. Maybe I just watch to many old mining movies where they hit the mother load. LOL

 

[poorhunter78]

Is it just me, Or do they only find small gold? Could it be possible, All the material that has been Run through a setup as they have.. They lose some finger nail size or much larger specimens out the end of the shaker, Cause it will only take a certein size.. Right?

I ain't critisizing anyone, Just the curiosity cat bit me pretty hard..

Poorhunter

I wonder the Same, everytime I see boulders
Rolling down the Shaker.
Not just from Them, But from all operations.

I Wonder how many Boulders with Gold
go the way of the Tailing Piles

I would dedicate a person to watch as all the tailings fall off into a pile.. Heck, Just sit there on a stool and watch for golden eggs..

How about the Bering sea show, The Guy said he wanted to make 1,000 ounces in his season.. Holy Moly.. Compared to Gold Rush, They are all hoping for 100 ounces.. I beleive I would invest in a floating setup..

 

[Goodyguy]

Could you imagine the Hoffman crew manning a dredge on the Bering Sea?
Or how about Todd in a wetsuit
























...............What the frick ....I'm straight screwed !

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

NOW THAT'S FUNNY, GG!!!!!!!!!!

MIKEL

 

[poorhunter78]

NOW THAT'S FUNNY, GG!!!!!!!!!!

MIKEL

DITTO X2

Poorhunter

 

[leenie]

i think i just seen a great white!!! can anybody hum the theme song from jaws?

 

[kuger]

Dust is all thats collected. What ever happened to the gold veins running through rock. Does no one find these
any more. Maybe I just watch to many old mining movies where they hit the mother load. LOL

Completly different kind of mining bud.The gold they are finding could have come from many miles from the "Lode".

 

[poorhunter78]

What The Frick!!! I know There's Gold here Somewhere!!!!

 

[Klondikeike]

Klondike here....


SMALL GOLD.....verses NUGGETS...

Personally, give me small gold over nuggets.... Why you ask..

In simplist term..I can pinch off a small amout from my poke and buy anything.... With a nugget.. my market is limited in as much I have to find a person who has extra money to buy gold at 2 or 3 time spot price for the enjoyment of owning a nice nugget....

Now on the practicle level... my largest nugget I have ever found was 11 ounces, 17 penny weight.. just short of a 1 pound nugget....Yes it was a high point in my mining carrer... and it was beautiful...and my heart was pounding...

Throughout the years, I have found many 1 ounce to 5 ouncers....

I mine gold for a profit...not to admire my gold....it takes too long to sell a nugget.....

From experience.... nuggets are rare, that is rare when compared to fine gold....often, fine gold is made from nuggets being ground down to powder.... I've never heard of a nugget being made from fines combining to make a nugget.....Therefor you will amost always fine more fines than nuggets..... with that being said....I know of 3 places in the world where there are only nuggets.... with no fines..and I mean no fines at all....One place is in Nevada another in Montana as well in a place in British Columbia... (my best friend who passed away recently....has a picture of him holding an 18 ounce nugget from BC)...and there may be other such places as well..

Remember by the time the quartz vein is worn down and erroded.... many of the nuggets are ground down to powder..as I stated before...

I've stood on the banks of the north fork of the Yuba....durring a major...I mean .a major flood and heard the large boulders pounding the bedrock..and could feel them pounding as well... gold being so soft, will get ground up, smshed and changed from the nugget form to small fine gold...

So far at any of the locations they have filmed, I haven't seen any big boulders....like I have seen in past placer mining areas I have mined... I MEAN BOULDERS AS BIG AS A FULL SIZED 1 TON PICK UP TRUCK......so big even the Hitachi 400 wouldn't be able to pick up... I once used a 130,000 pound excavator and had boulders so big it couldn't pick them up....they had to be "rolled" out the hold by using the bucket and moving the excavator backwards....and the PICTURE BELOW is small hand full of these kinds of nuggets from around these extremely large sized boulder.... large nuggets USUALLY come from around large boulders..... just haven't seen anything like that at any of the GR locations...some big rocks.. not really big boulders.....

I believe this is why we are not seeing any larger nuggets or even finger nail sized pickers... not even nuggets........when we start seeing bolders they can't pick up with the equiment... then you'll start seeing larger nuggets...


I wish good and prosperous mining to all....

Klondike

 

[clovis97]

Klondike-

That is so interesting!!!! I love the pics too!!!!

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

KLONDIKE,
I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR POSTS. VERY GOOD INFO, IN A "NO BRAG JUST FACT" FORMAT.
GREAT PICS, AS WELL.
HERE IN ARKANSAS WE JUST GET FINE AND FLOUR FINE GOLD, AND NOT MUCH OF THAT.

EARLY IN MY PROSPECTING EXPERIENCE I FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WERE SMALL NUGGETS
OF SILVER IN A SAND AND GRAVEL BANK. I GOT THAT RUSH OF THE FEVER. THEY WERE SMALL
AND HAD SMALL TRACES OF A GOLDISH COLOR ON A FEW. I FOUND ABOUT 20 OR SO IN
MY PAN. I FOUND ONE THAT HAD AN ODD SHAPE, I CLEANED IT UP TO FIND THAT WHAT
I HAD FOUND WAS A SPOT WHERE SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOOTING THE BANK WITH A
22 CAL PISTOL.
THE PIECES LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE NUGGETS THAT I PAINTED THEM GOLD AND I USE THEM
TO HELP KIDS LEARN TO PAN. THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE FAKE BUT IT GIVES THEM
A REAL SINCE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE PANNING FOR THE REAL THING.
I LET THEM KEEP THEM TO PRACTICE PANNING AT HOME. A FEW OLD TIMERS WILL POUR
THEM OUT INTO THEIR HAND AND GET A LITTLE EXCITED TILL I TELL THEM THAT THEY
ARE FAKE.

MAKES ME THINK THAT A FELLA COULD SMELT THEIR FINES DOWN INTO A MINI BALL AND SHOOT THEM INTO A GRAVEL BAR FROM A BLACK POWDER RIFLE AND RETRIEVE THEM
AS "NUGGETS"

WELL GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS.

MIKEL

 

[Jeffro]

From experience.... nuggets are rare, that is rare when compared to fine gold....often, fine gold is made from nuggets being ground down to powder.... I've never heard of a nugget being made from fines combining to make a nugget.....Therefor you will amost always fine more fines than nuggets..... with that being said....I know of 3 places in the world where there are only nuggets.... with no fines..and I mean no fines at all....One place is in Nevada another in Montana as well in a place in British Columbia... (my best friend who passed away recently....has a picture of him holding an 18 ounce nugget from BC)...and there may be other such places as well..

Klondike

I have one I'll get ya some pics up when I can. It's micro fine particles all bound together when you look at it under a loupe. Maybe half pennyweight total. Best I can figure is it's possibly from an exploded retort? I dunno, but it's definitely not natural, no matrix at all, just stuck together fine particles. Pretty neat looking.

 

[Klondikeike]

Hey Jeffro ....

I found one once very similar to what you are describing.. it looked like gold.. it was heavy like gold.. could see through it like it was made of a bunch of small particles... once I dropped it in acid.. the acid turned green and my unusual gold nugget was dissolved and gone...My nugget was copper.. not gold.. hope yours is all gold...

Good luck...

Klondike..

 

[Goodyguy]

This Friday's episode: Man Down

A heart attack has 91 year-old mining legend John Schnabel battling for for his life.
The Hoffmans find a gold nugget that becomes a game-changer.
Dakota Fred accomplishes what Jack Hoffman never managed to do at Porcupine creek ......find the glory hole get a life?

 

[GrayCloud]

Thanks for the update GG. Will be glued to the TV as usual Friday Night.

Jeffro and Ike, Fusion is actually a type of welding. I take place when soft metals, such as gold and/or lead come in contact with each other under pressure and/or for a long duration of time. It occurs in nature and is used in the welding industry for certain applications. And yes it can become a permanent bond.

 

[poorhunter78]

KLONDIKE,
I ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR POSTS. VERY GOOD INFO, IN A "NO BRAG JUST FACT" FORMAT.
GREAT PICS, AS WELL.
HERE IN ARKANSAS WE JUST GET FINE AND FLOUR FINE GOLD, AND NOT MUCH OF THAT.

EARLY IN MY PROSPECTING EXPERIENCE I FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WERE SMALL NUGGETS
OF SILVER IN A SAND AND GRAVEL BANK. I GOT THAT RUSH OF THE FEVER. THEY WERE SMALL
AND HAD SMALL TRACES OF A GOLDISH COLOR ON A FEW. I FOUND ABOUT 20 OR SO IN
MY PAN. I FOUND ONE THAT HAD AN ODD SHAPE, I CLEANED IT UP TO FIND THAT WHAT
I HAD FOUND WAS A SPOT WHERE SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOOTING THE BANK WITH A
22 CAL PISTOL.
THE PIECES LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE NUGGETS THAT I PAINTED THEM GOLD AND I USE THEM
TO HELP KIDS LEARN TO PAN. THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE FAKE BUT IT GIVES THEM
A REAL SINCE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE PANNING FOR THE REAL THING.
I LET THEM KEEP THEM TO PRACTICE PANNING AT HOME. A FEW OLD TIMERS WILL POUR
THEM OUT INTO THEIR HAND AND GET A LITTLE EXCITED TILL I TELL THEM THAT THEY
ARE FAKE.

MAKES ME THINK THAT A FELLA COULD SMELT THEIR FINES DOWN INTO A MINI BALL AND SHOOT THEM INTO A GRAVEL BAR FROM A BLACK POWDER RIFLE AND RETRIEVE THEM
AS "NUGGETS"

WELL GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS.

MIKEL

Will a Lead mold accept the heat from molten gold?