rios Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 At 35m we drove into the reef, sampled it and thought it was not rich enough and continued digging downwards. We had driven horizontally 3m. We then drove a further meter or so to build a sump basin as when we got into the reef water started flowing out. So the guys are digging vertically going down now. Reef at 35m was 3 meters from our shaft. The blast for our sump exposed the reef further and I decided to take it for fire assay. The results were 143.2 grams per ton which was quite surprising considering when we had initially gotten into it, we thought it was useless. We have since decided to continue with our downward push then we will drive into the reef again at 50m or so. Our confidence levels are now so high that we are literally shaking with excitement. we know the reef is there and we know chances are higher it will have good grades of gold. We had expected to intercept the vein at 40m but the vertical shaft has not done so. It looks like we are now parallel to it as it is probably now vertically steeping. The gold is in quartz veins, I would say in bands with sulphide and sometimes along the margins. There is a lot of pyrite in the quartz also. The quartz veins are hosted in very hard bluestone. We have breaking our drill steels and bits like every time. and we had an interesting visitor. we shepherded it away 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay Diggins Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Congratulations Rios. It looks like your hard work and optimisim is paying off. Thanks for sharing your adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickUK Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Must admit it certainly has been a very enjoyable read,glad its looking like it could come good for you finally after all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Rios; You should keep careful notes and save your photos. Your mining story would make a very good book weather you succeed or fail. I look forward to your next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rios Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 Its timbered up now, the shaft. We did it just before the rains started, and they have started. Access to the mine when it rains is limited. But we are still working. Even though our shaft is now 53m deep vertically we are working on the tunnel at 35m. The grades have been around 25g per 7 ton load at a stamp mill. The mineralization is structurally controlled there is more gold the deeper one goes. Its just that at 35m there is no water, that is why for now we are working at that level. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northeast Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Nice to see Rios. Hope it gets richer. Enjoy seeing your pictures and progress ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 On 8/16/2017 at 7:21 AM, Clay Diggins said: Congratulations Rios. It looks like your hard work and optimisim is paying off. Thanks for sharing your adventure! Absolutely agree, great thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertpilot Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 How do you do it smartmax? I would have never thought of hooking a battery charger into the ground and seeing valuable ore deposits from a distance! And your metal detectors have the thinnest/lightest coils I have ever seen! I do have to say Max is one smart dude. Steve, This was a awesome thread until the LRL crowd spammed it :( DP 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 And besides that the advertising was written in Australian - or some such incomprehensible foreign language. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 At least the computer is legit...it's a panasonic tough book...love those lap tops. strick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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