New Plan Of Operation (POO)

[GhostMiner]

   Hello everyone. Been pretty busy lately. I'm still in the waiting period for the approved plan to work the southern area of the faultline or "Gold Vault Mine." The process is about 7 months in but was slowed by Winter and the Forest Service is pretty busy with everyone wanting to work their claims with the high value of gold these days. I am hoping to be mining by July but if not approved by then and if gold keeps moving up (who knows for sure LOL) I may work it with one other person old school like in the 1936 journal. I think that would be tough work but a lot of fun. If so, I will post some videos on my new YouTube channel which as of now has no content. I hope everyone has a good season and finds a lot of gold but even more importantly has a lot of fun. Cheers, GM.

[GhostMiner]

The rest of the crew says howdy as well.

[GhostMiner]

Here is some nice $150/yard gravel on the southern end of the faultline. We hand sampled several yards from hand dug test holes across a 200 ft length to arrive at the estimated values. The gold was chunky with some fines as well. The gravels are sitting close to bedrock and go on for about 200 ft in length. I'm taking a guess at around 30,000 to 40,000 yards of it.

[GhostMiner]

8 minutes ago, GhostMiner said:

Here is some nice $150/yard gravel on the southern end of the faultline. We hand sampled several yards from hand dug test holes across a 200 ft length to arrive at the estimated values. The gold was chunky with some fines as well. The gravels are sitting close to bedrock and go on for about 200 ft in length. I'm taking a guess at around 30,000 to 40,000 yards of it.

At today's gold values there should be several million dollars of gold left in that faultline. Possibly rich enough to work by old school methods. 

[GhostMiner]

So I've been giving this particular area some thought. It's a pain to get water over there without the plan being approved. I might consider doing some drywashing in the hot Summer months if I'm still waiting on the Forest Service. Never tried it before and not sure how well it would work on that material. Anyone have an thoughts on it?

[Ridge Runner]

If the material is rich enough is it someplace you can take it to the water to work it ? If you can recirculate your water then you could cut down on the water needed. I don’t know the amount of water needed to run your equipment. I’m thinking just sitting on your backside is not too productive.

 Seeing that trackhoe I’d say you plan on moving a lot of material  but for now down size and put them ladies to work.haha  

 Chuck 

[GhostMiner]

1 hour ago, Ridge Runner said:

If the material is rich enough is it someplace you can take it to the water to work it ? If you can recirculate your water then you could cut down on the water needed. I don’t know the amount of water needed to run your equipment. I’m thinking just sitting on your backside is not too productive.

 Seeing that trackhoe I’d say you plan on moving a lot of material  but for now down size and put them ladies to work.haha  

 Chuck 

Yes, we have worked another mine about 1/4 mile to the east before with a trommel. Water has to be pumped 1700 ft across a mountain and into our holding pond. I don't have an approved plan for this site yet and we can't use the creek 800 ft away until it is approved. Then we could pump water over there but would need a road in and a holding pond to recirculate. With the price of gold being so high I figured maybe just dry wash for awhile until we get the approval. The ladies won't be heading up there on this one. The gal on the left is my wife Lindy.

[klunker]

 Best of luck to you. 

A full report is required in 30 days with photos.

[GhostMiner]

51 minutes ago, klunker said:

 Best of luck to you. 

A full report is required in 30 days with photos.

Thanks.