johnedoe Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Well the bucket of material I hauled back last time was a real disappointment. I will hit the beach this weekend anyway weather permitting to see what I can find... I know...... I will never make any money doing this but it gets me off the couch and is interesting to me none the less, and it is the closest gold I have available, so what the heck. I can think of much worse ways to spend an afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 OK... Yesterdays little adventure .... We set the sluice up in a freshet that was running out from under the cobbles that are awash during high tide.... There was good black sand visible in the freshet so we figured why not let ma nature do some work for us...LOL Here is a very quick shake out pan to see what might be..... I will finish the cleanup sometime today and post those pics later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 12, 2017 Author Share Posted February 12, 2017 Well here it is... The moment I know you have all been waiting for..... Cleanup and weigh in of Fridays take.I got the magnetics out of it but there is still a little junk in it, I figure about a grains worth of non-gold.... So we will call it approx. 5 grains +/- a little. Not bad for letting ma nature do most of the work.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 We got nearly 7" of rain last night here on the Oregon coast.......... So guess what? I will be heading back to my little beach tomorrow and setting up in that freshet again, it should be running strong and the weather tomorrow is supposed to be halfway decent to boot. I will actually try to get some good pics and maybe even some video. So we shall see what tomorrow brings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thank's Steve. It will never replace my day job but at least it gets me out and moving about and I usually at least make gas money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 After last Friday today was a bit of a let down with only 1 grain.... The sand looked good but the freshet just wasn't up to it and ground sluicing is not the most efficient method to work.. But it's what we got in oregon since we can't run any power on the beach.... Not even an electric bilge pump recirculator unless we are above the grass line aka mean high tide line.and that just isn't practical o this beach. I would have been better off to have hauled the sand in my gorilla cart and setup the sluice in the creek 100 yards away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have enjoyed reading this thread. Can you use a hand operated pump like Allen Trees uses on his rockers? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have thought about that and I contacted the head of the southern Oregon coast region ... He seemed to think it was OK since it is hand powered. Problem is I need about 1100 GPH minimum to run the material through the sluice efficiently. I guess I could have a reservoir but that seems a little impractical due to the size and mounting required to make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnedoe Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Went to look at a couple more sites for potential. Historically they have produced but there was little evidence this trip. The black sands weren't readily apparent and running water was less than perfect. The first three pics are from Whiskey Run. http://www.minecache.com/showdetails/10298354 http://tobi_wan_2.tripod.com/history/miningwhiskeyrun1.html The last three pics are form Seven Devils beach witch is just north of Whiskey Run about 1 3/4 mile. The pics are just to the north of Seven Devils creek. A stratified sandstone out cropping, a weep with a blue clay layer, and a small freshet with fair showing of black sand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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