This is the tribe who continues to sue to stop underwater mining

[Oakview2]

Karuk Tribe casino plans unveiled; public input session open until Dec. 27 - News - Gridley Herald - Gridley, CA - Gridley, CA

http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20131211/NEWS/131219930/?tag=1

Make sure you send comments to them and anyone who will listen that norther california does not need to be further
with gaming, traffic and crime.

 

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[smokeythecat]

"making money and extending the influence of their power". That's true of every government, everywhere and in every period of time. Greeks, Romans, Spain, England, USA, everybody. There is nothing new under the sun.....King Solomon said that. Or as we put it today, same stuff, different day.

 

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[Notsuredomus]

I really don't understand what their issue is. I have met 2 Karuk while prospecting near Forks of Salmon who are dredgers. Dredging is simply lifting material trapping the the heavies and placing everything else back in the river. What is the issue we are not placing anything in the waterways that was not already there before we even arrived on site. I think the problem is with the stigma associated with large scale commercial operations and the destructive impact they have on the land. Dredge is also what they called those building sized monstrosities a hundred years ago that devoured valleys leaving a wake of wavy mounds of chewed up earth. Or huge operations using Cyanide extraction methods in outdoor ponds, Even mercury recovery is very harmful if you do not use a closed loop system. People are biased against gold mining for good reason. We need to educate others about modern day methods of recreational prospecting and we need to behave ethically so that we don't confirm to these folks what they have suspected to be true all along. Miners are just a$$holes...

 

[Lanny in AB]

Got No time for TV and even less time to Read a book as at this time in my life im to busy trying to put together bottles like this. but when I do I will put that on my list of windy day reads thanks.

Is that gold from hard rock ore? If not, you must be awful close.

Beautiful stuff. Thanks for posting the pictures.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Lanny in AB]

I really don't understand what their issue is. I have met 2 Karuk while prospecting near Forks of Salmon who are dredgers. Dredging is simply lifting material trapping the the heavies and placing everything else back in the river. What is the issue we are not placing anything in the waterways that was not already there before we even arrived on site. I think the problem is with the stigma associated with large scale commercial operations and the destructive impact they have on the land. Dredge is also what they called those building sized monstrosities a hundred years ago that devoured valleys leaving a wake of wavy mounds of chewed up earth. Or huge operations using Cyanide extraction methods in outdoor ponds, Even mercury recovery is very harmful if you do not use a closed loop system. People are biased against gold mining for good reason. We need to educate others about modern day methods of recreational prospecting and we need to behave ethically so that we don't confirm to these folks what they have suspected to be true all along. Miners are just a$$holes...

Way back at the beginning they should have called them surface suction sluices (S.S.S. mining) and maybe we wouldn't be in this mess today, the mess of being associated with those big bucket-line monsters.

However, the issue in California, and becoming an issue in other states is politics. It doesn't have a thing to do with being in the river as the science has already proven it's not destructive.

All the best,

Lanny

All the best,

Lanny

 

[gold tramp]

It was found about 50 foot or so from the source, once it hit the drainage it stayed right at the point of entry on the wash.
was a very small pocket not even an ounce, the quartz was rotted off the gold at the vein, and it basically just slid across an down a hunk of barren country rock, so it didn't get abused much very sharp edges. It was right down on the bedrock and all in a 8 foot or so stretch of the drainage, the wash was about 3 foot wide. typical stuff we find here in the desert in this area, I just wish it wasn't so dang spoty. heres a shot of one of the bigger pieces I found.
GT.......

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[Lanny in AB]

It was found about 50 foot or so from the source, once it hit the drainage it stayed right at the point of entry on the wash. was a very small pocket not even an ounce, the quartz was rotted off the gold at the vein, and it basically just slid across an down a hunk of barren country rock, so it didn't get abused much very sharp edges. It was right down on the bedrock and all in a 8 foot or so stretch of the drainage, the wash was about 3 foot wide. typical stuff we find here in the desert in this area, I just wish it wasn't so dang spoty. heres a shot of one of the bigger pieces I found. GT.......

That sure is beautiful gold. It didn't look like it had traveled very far from the source, and fifty feet is very close.

Nice find, by the way.

All the best,

Lanny

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting-gold/69-bedrock-gold-mysteries.html

 

[Oakview2]

Congrats on another beautiful piece Herb