Kevins own thread - a journal (but feel free to post random thoughts)

KevinInColorado · Jul 4, 2014

GrizzlyGremlin said:
This new forum is a great 1 now that the heavy hitters are showing up!

gosh, thanks GG!

KiddoTheMiner · Jul 4, 2014

GrizzlyGremlin said:
This new forum is a great 1 now that the heavy hitters are showing up!

forgive me but im new so
what is the definition of a heavy hitter

GrizzlyGremlin · Jul 5, 2014

One who can metaphorically smash 600' homeruns over the underflow wall!! Kevins reputation precedes him. You could drop a #2 in a pan and Kevin would find some small gold in it. He also prospects all year long in colorado. Bad a$$... Jus sayin.

KevinInColorado · Jul 6, 2014

Thanks again Griz!

I got out today to sample a new spot in an old hydraulic area. Great story behind it...they got the mine going again in 34-35 but got their hydraulicing water cut off due to a water rights conflict. They left the rest of the good stuff for me! Well at least that's my fantasy

So far each little sample has produced a flake or speck or so...today was no exception. One grain flake from the sample...sure wish there was water closer to the ore...

DizzyDigger · Jul 6, 2014

GrizzlyGremlin;Kevins reputation precedes him. You could drop a #2 in a pan and Kevin would find some small gold in it. Bad a$$... Jus sayin.[/QUOTE said:
Hate to say it, but it's no doubt been done...
.....and more than once. Someone pops a nugget in their mouth to clean it off and....

Kevin, that's when ya go in and classify as much material as
you can haul, and then run it at home. Extra labor, but then
you get the pleasure of running it at home when ya got time.

KevinInColorado · Jul 6, 2014

Well, there is water 1/2 mile ish down hill so if I find a hot spot, I'll be cutting trail and using a rolling cart like some of those in AZ...just gotta find the hot spot first

KiddoTheMiner · Jul 6, 2014

KevinInColorado said:
Well, there is water 1/2 mile ish down hill so if I find a hot spot, I'll be cutting trail and using a rolling cart like some of those in AZ...just gotta find the hot spot first

you could get a claim on it and build an old fashion minecart system :laughing7:

KiddoTheMiner · Jul 6, 2014

KiddoTheMiner said:
you could get a claim on it and build an old fashion minecart system

on a more realistic note could you run recirculating

johna2231 · Jul 6, 2014

Hey Guys,

I'm heading out to 78th and York at the big bend on the South Platte today. Be there about 1400, er ah, 2:00 PM if anyone's also feeling like digging in the heat....

gravel bar, here I come! hehe

John

Prospector70 · Jul 6, 2014

Was indeed a nice day for digging johna2231, very nice to have met you today. I hope you left with full pans! (Also, nice bazooka!)
I too went out to 78th today, got a nice start in the morning with a good friend, we met john on the way out with my trash can full o sluices. The sluice hauler worked really well on the concrete, not so much on the gravel bar though.
Did not see anything much going in, test pan after the first cleanout looked pretty good. Will post results.

Best,

KevinInColorado · Jul 6, 2014

I love hearing that you guys got out and that you met each other today! P70, I want to see pics of your gear hauling approach too! I was up in the mountains visiting my cousins today (no, sadly they do NOT live in a gold bearing area) and stopped to sample Tarryall creek at the *only* spot I know I can go legally...just sampled but found gold...a speck or two is all but my wife was sitting in the car waiting so, yeah. All good, I had a pan in the water and found gold

As to the old hydraulicing site, if I find a hot spot and lay a claim, I have visions of running a cable between trees from the dig site down to the creek side (or at least close) so the full buckets can just slide down the cable

Might need two runs to make the distance, dunno but an idea I've seen done so it's possible. Still gotta find that hot spot first.

Sample Pan Dan · Jul 6, 2014

Kevin if you start looking into carts... A $70 deer cart in eBay works great, super light, large weight capacity an not bad to push or pull with weight centered over two wheels.

KevinInColorado · Jul 6, 2014

drywallman said:
Kevin if you start looking into carts... A $70 deer cart in eBay works great, super light, large weight capacity an not bad to push or pull with weight centered over two wheels.

thanks for the tip, that may be more realistic than my overhead cable idea...time will tell.

Sample Pan Dan · Jul 6, 2014

We had plans in the works for a rope and pulley system in the brain child process....

johna2231 · Jul 7, 2014

Prospector70 said:
Was indeed a nice day for digging johna2231, very nice to have met you today. I hope you left with full pans! (Also, nice bazooka!)
I too went out to 78th today, got a nice start in the morning with a good friend, we met john on the way out with my trash can full o sluices. The sluice hauler worked really well on the concrete, not so much on the gravel bar though.
Did not see anything much going in, test pan after the first cleanout looked pretty good. Will post results.

Best,

Nice meeting you in person too, Prospector70. The "can" looks like a good concept. Maybe some bigger tires like from a mountain bike? Should be doable?

I ran about 35 gallons of material in a couple of hours. Man, I love my BGT Prosepctor! What a great sluice!

Hope to see ya on the river again sometime.

BTW, that was a GREAT wing damn. Thanks!

John