[JimSEA]

The single most remarkable thing to me when I went to work at the Carlin Pit was that the ore looked for all in the world like plain country rock. I'd already worked in a copper mine which had a substantial secondary product of gold. That mine had dazzling minerals and quartz veins with gold. You could look at the various ores and give a reasonably close estimate of composition and grade.

Like they say, gold is where you find it.

[Safrguns]

[Cicero]

Save for later.

[lilypad]

Like the potheads rushing to colorado

[FroggyTheGremlim]

"It's not about having the gold.

It's about finding the gold."

[Fiddlstix]

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[SpaceBar]

gold is where you find it

Meaningless tautologies are no substitute for competant exploration geologists, proper sampling and analysis, feasibility studies that detail benefication circuits and % recovery, overburden issues, cutoff grades, the killer... remediation and compliance with environmental laws, and the costs of all of the above.

[txhurl]

I remember reading about a brushy plant that somehow extracted gold at a monster rate through its roots.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Personally I think there is no more exciting thing in the world than searching for gold. Its fun and it gets you outdoors but actually unless you happen to know a stream to pan in that has gold you have little chance. Without the proper equipment which is very expensive your chances of finding and obtaining any significant amount of gold are about the same as getting hit in a drone strike.

We have the equipment and GA has lots of gold. Estimates are only about 10% of the gold in GA has ever been dug up. We still are not living in a mansion. :-)

The govt is trying its best to shut down mining in the US. Mr. GG2 and his two partners are selling their mining claims. Its too expensive to work the hard rock claim in ID and the placer operation in BC is only doable about 3-4 mos out of the year due to weather. And its in heavy black bear country and its hard to get a gun in BC. So they are selling out and we are going to move to the mountains get a didtiller’s license and make whiskey. :-)

But we will still probably pan a little on Dukes Creek. Gold is addictive.

[Chainmail]

Gold ping.

[JimRed]

And when you DO find the gold? Shovel, stash and shut up.