Eye Candy Story

[Bear]

Mineit,

 

This is a great post.  I have been meaning to comment and ask a couple of questions if you don’t mind because I also have a claim up the Steese.  Your operation looks awesome and a lot of fun.  
 

We are looking to do some light exploration this summer.  I think my claim is closer to Fairbanks but the geology is similar.  
 

How much muck is on top of gravels?

How deep is the pay/ bedrock?

Historic info says the main valley below my claim the bedrock was 10-12 feet.  Looking around mine I think it is shallower because it is in a side valley.  

I dredge up in that same area but don’t run into frozen ground.  I am pretty sure on my claim the ground is frozen based on the vegetation. 
 

Any info would be appreciated.

[mineit]

We have from 1 foot to 4 feet of muck then we hit gravel top of gravel to bed rock is about 8 feet some times more hardly any big rock in the gravel . The big rock has been pushed up to the top due to the frost with the freeze thaw most of our gravel is thawed if we strip off the muck in the fall the blue berry bushes will have solid ice under them I don't even know how they can grow we always hit flowing water when we get close to bed rock 

[Joe D.]

   Great deal of work you have done! And great ingenuity building your own equipment! It's really hard to appreciate all the work from watching "reality" shows! But your making it happen! Continued luck with your operation! And stay free and safe!??

[mineit]

45 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

   Great deal of work you have done! And great ingenuity building your own equipment! It's really hard to appreciate all the work from watching "reality" shows! But your making it happen! Continued luck with your operation! And stay free and safe!??

thank you

[Bear]

Thank you for the info.  
 

Where I dredge there are not to many boulders either  They are mostly quartz slicks or quartzite.  The bedrock is a quartz schist so it doesn’t break off into anything to big.  All the frost shattering leave a layer of clay with broke pieces of the bedrock.  Almost all of the gold is in the clay. 

[mineit]

Our bed rock is garnet schist its like a clay the gold does not go into it we take about a foot of it we have run tests with only bed rock there is nothing in it lower on the creek they have a quartzite bed rock there's is real blocky they take about 8 feet of it to get most  of the gold we have a real mineralized layer that is real hot when we find it when we do a cross cut we see old old creek channels in the cut the old channels are gold free meaning the gold was put in before the old channels came into play we have found a few old fossilized bones but no tusks yet that would be a real trophy hoping that it melts the snow and ice soon I'm so ready to get up there we are almost to eagle summit 

take care doug

[wwace]

Any leads on more of these Ebay claims?

Outstanding Luck And Hard Work go together.

[mineit]

there is some claims for sale on this site in mining claims for sale

[Bear]

Doug,

 

I hope you had a great, productive summer.  The weather was good most of the season.

I have a question.  What do you use to drive the trommel?  I see a gas motor in the pictures, what I am wondering what is the gear on the barrel and what sort of take off or engagement system do you use?