Another nice day in south Denver prospecting. Got out December 26th afternoon to a spot that showed good color in sample pans the week before.
Sample pan color (2 pans)(taken with my new closeup lens kit that fits on my iPhone):
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Some of gold was mixed with what I believe is silver, which can be seen in the image above.
With the low winter flows, it took about 15 minutes to get the Bazooka set up with adequate flow.
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Spent about two hours feeding the sluice. The stream bed was interesting - there was nice cobbles and gravel in the top 8-12 inches or so, which is where the gold was. Below that layer was just fine gravels and sand, and not much gold in it. So I worked on skimming the top gravel layer off. Tried to go down but after 2 1/2 feet still no bedrock.
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Will be processing cons sometime in the next two days and will post results...
Material I ran through the Bazooka:
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Here is a peek at the gold in cons from one the emptying of the Bazooka - gotta love the color!
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