PG-Prospecting Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 When i bought the house i didnt realize that there was an old gold prospect in the backyard. An old history report from around 1860 says that an 18 inch wide quartz vein prospected by open trenches and that pan washing the crushed ore yielded good results. A pan of the soil pretty much always give 5 to 20 colors and abundant magnetite crystals. I have metal detected the area a good bit and have found plenty of hot rocks and hot ground but no detectable gold yet. I will be doing a loaming program and trenching to located the specific gold bearing vein. Then maybe decide to dig a root cellar. lol In the video i run a highbanker in the little feeder close to the old prospect and about 100 yards from my back door. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 OK, I have to say I am jealous! I think living on property with gold on it of any sort is just way too cool. I often dream of that mining claim with a creek and a house on it. I am kind of a city boy really but you are living that dream so good on you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gillespie Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 That would be a dream to true for me too. I'm very excited for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG-Prospecting Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 It was a nice find! I need to take the time and locate the vein. The skim of placer gravels on top of the decomposed bedrock is difficult to run due to the amount of clay and topsoil, the lack of water isnt helpful either. Im basically using it as an opportunity to learn more about loaming and locating hard rock vein sources, then from there to learn about hardrock mining. I find it interesting that in the 1860s they stated that pan washing the crushed vein material produced good results. If it was good result for those days it should be pretty good with today's gold prices. Thanks for the interest. And ill keep you guys updated as i slowly move forward with my plans. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampstomper Al Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Mannnn, talk about being nearly as far NE in the Gold-Pyrite Belt as is possible to get..?! Kewl..! And I as well could be forced into learning to deal with dipping a pan off my back porch.. Yes, please do keep us updated as you move forward.. I'm thinking if the old-timers did their job well there should be no more major auferous veining for you to find.. But that doesn't mean they did; nor does it mean there isn't plenty more Au yet to be had, as you're already showing.. While exploring, do include trying to locate their mining dump site(s).. Depending how coarse they crushed there could be a goodly amount of gold still locked up in tailings etc.. Hoping you're able to locate sources and/or accumulation points.. Swamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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