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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2013 15:28:39 GMT -5
Went out with Dirty Mike and CabarrusGold. We was hitting some new and unusual spots, and a old spot. Ran into Robert Way and his team of prospectors. I didn't get any gold pictures but we did find some gold. Met a couple out there gold mining I asked them to join us. I think over all we had a pretty successful day. I got a lil video of picker mike running his sluice.
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Post by cabarrusgold on Nov 30, 2013 17:27:08 GMT -5
But then the real prospecting begin... Hard rock n'! Yep, busting quartz veins with sledge and bar. Found gold in those veins too!
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Post by Savage on Nov 30, 2013 23:03:06 GMT -5
I hate I missed it. Would like to have ran my sluice. Worked until 5:00. I might try to go tomorrow.
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Post by cabarrusgold on Dec 1, 2013 9:56:06 GMT -5
Here is a pic I made from my sorry camera/phone of our new friends we met on the creek. After James and I found the vein, they got to work on the veins getting all the rotted rock out. It is always a thrill hard rock n' and find the gold in it. This could easily be the start of a adit (tunnel). The big vein 24" in diameter continues to go into the rock face. The small vein continues up into host rock as well. You can see where we removed a good part of it by sledge and bar. Ole' timing it. If there was a tunnel to be made it would need some serious shoring up. The face is fractured real bad and dangerous. Very nice looking rock.
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Post by astrobouncer on Dec 1, 2013 20:08:34 GMT -5
Nice guys. When you go back to that vein find the place where it pinches down the thinnest and get some samples there. I bet you will do well.
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Post by cabarrusgold on Dec 2, 2013 5:30:32 GMT -5
The big quartz rocks that were removed were pitted up, stained, had pyrite and when I busted them down, they had internal pitting and crevices. No visible gold but had Galena present. The small vein is fractured real badly from the host rock pressure. The pieces were 1/2" to dirt. That is where I found the visible/free gold in the quartz boil. I just panned the dirt and did not crush any small stones to show the couple that there was gold.  |
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Post by santee on Dec 2, 2013 13:36:47 GMT -5
hadn't seen many people up there lately going try and go this weekend weather suppose to be good
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Post by goldgit'r on Dec 2, 2013 16:08:40 GMT -5
I'm curious, I didn't think you could haul bucket loads of rocks out of UNF. Wes
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 16:47:52 GMT -5
I'm curious, I didn't think you could haul bucket loads of rocks out of UNF. Wes I don't think ya can, but I wasn't gonna tell the 1 star general from the marine corps he couldn't do it. I don't think ya can hard rock mine there either, but I suppose people done worse. |
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Post by cabarrusgold on Dec 3, 2013 6:25:59 GMT -5
I'm curious, I didn't think you could haul bucket loads of rocks out of UNF. Wes I don't think ya can, but I wasn't gonna tell the 1 star general from the marine corps he couldn't do it. I don't think ya can hard rock mine there either, but I suppose people done worse. Yeah they have, that creek looked like an artillery target area. I guess the couple was rock hounding at the time of collection. I would not start a pit or tunnel for sure. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 7:17:39 GMT -5
I don't think ya can, but I wasn't gonna tell the 1 star general from the marine corps he couldn't do it. I don't think ya can hard rock mine there either, but I suppose people done worse. Yeah they have, that creek looked like an artillery target area. I guess the couple was rock hounding at the time of collection. I would not start a pit or tunnel for sure. I dunno depends how much gold he gets out of the quartz. Might be worthing making a shaft lol  |
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Post by ajpops on Dec 3, 2013 11:44:53 GMT -5
It looks like someone is going to get us kick out of the UNF if they keep doing things like that.
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Post by outland on Dec 5, 2013 17:50:59 GMT -5
Hi all,
First timer here.
I am planning to head up to UNF this weekend, to check things out, i have never been but recently got the gold bug and want see whats what. Any help and advice of spots to hit would be great. If anyone is going to be there and has time to show a fellow prospector and his wife around a bit, it will be appreciated too.
Outland
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 19:42:03 GMT -5
Might get out there sunday, gotta see what the weather is looking like.
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