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16 Dec 2016 08:10 AM
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    16 Dec 2016 08:32 AM
    A couple Saturdays ago we had a break in the weather and I gathered about fifteen buckets of samples from around the wood stove and started to run them through the impact for a run over the table. About the time I was finished one of my friends and good customer came by and commented he didn't have much trouble finding me because of the dust cloud I was creating and did I have any pay he could run for he was out. Scrounging around the shed there was a couple of restaurant pans full of material I had sieved down to 1/4' minus because it was wet and I was going to dry it but it froze solid. I told him to get a hammer and knock it out of the pans and take it but he would have to thaw it out to run. About a week later he came running me down and asked if I had made a mistake in giving him the pay cycles from the pans. He said he only ran a couple of scoops and here was the results as he handed me a folded up Dixie cup. The pictures were the results of my half for we have had a long time agreement if I give him pay I dug I get half and if he digs it I get 20%, maybe I should start selling this stuff instead of giving it away.
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    16 Dec 2016 09:14 AM

    Hey isnt that deal a little lopsided? He keeps 50% of what you give him, and anything he digs he only gives you 20%..?

    Sign me up....

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    16 Dec 2016 09:16 AM
    Is that gold coming from Georgia? looks nice
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    16 Dec 2016 09:51 AM

     

    It is coming off a claim in northern ca. and is out of a sulfide ore. The trick is that it contains gold, silver copper, platinum, mercury and other things as well which is the kicker. The specific gravity will run from 10.5 to about 16 with the purist nuggets at 17 to 18 which is 20 to 22 carat but the average is about 15 or about 75% gold. The chalcopyrite runs about 30% gold and there are all different variations and combinations mixed together and a real challenge to separate but it looks good in a vial. Tom

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    16 Dec 2016 10:06 AM
    Wow...you lost me there. That was the first time anyone ever equated specific gravity with Karat...... are those actual nuggets/pickers in the pan ? They dont look golden. If the ore is sulfide how does it contain nuggets? I am thinking sulfides have no loose gold, it is all locked up in the surrounding minerals.?
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    16 Dec 2016 10:31 AM

     

    Not if the top layer of the ground was highly oxidized and the moisture is gone much like the material in Austin Nv. and not one but two horrific forest fires burnt through the area roasting the material at up to 3000 degrees and creating free gold. Thank you American terrorist  group, usfs for letting it burn. Tom

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    16 Dec 2016 10:49 AM
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    16 Dec 2016 10:52 AM
    Hence Fire Gold. I believe these nuggets were created by the fire, look at the fronts then the backs, flatter than my first girl friend, HENCE FIRE GOLD. Tom
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    16 Dec 2016 11:06 AM
    hahaha.... Ok so those are actually gold...or a mixture of other metals.? I always thought these fire's are good for some purpose and cleaning out the underbrush so we can gain access. Yes the fires would do a great job in oxidation when mixed with the natural carbon produced it is like a natural smelting operation.
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    16 Dec 2016 11:14 AM

    Austin Nevada?! what claim to fame does that place have? Is there something geological different than from the other main area's of Nevada? I need to to start learning more about the ore's and identification.....cause in Nevada in the areas that I hang out....most of the rocks are coated with dirt and need close inspection and a little water to get the true look. Its easy to pass up stuff that might be worthwhile.

    I am still wondering about your correlation with specific gravity and Karat....am I missing something that would benefit my understanding? 

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    16 Dec 2016 11:56 AM

     

    Nevada Outback has a great article on sulfides and mentions Austin as an example . as far as the rest of nv. I don't think there is anywhere that you walk over that does not have gold but carry your pocket microscope because most is micron but there is a lot of it. 24 carat gold has a gravity of 19.3 where 14 carat gold is between 10.6 and 12 depending on which metals it is mixed with and a good example is man made black hills gold and the same with natural nuggets. Gold bars are not pure or they would not hold there shape, to soft. Tom

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    16 Dec 2016 01:39 PM

      That's cool, most people aren't into sulfide gold, it's a lot of work. I heard old timers mined veins of free mill gold, then they quit when the vein ends with sulfide gold. I have a 4 oz. bottle of sulfide gold, and not sure what I'm going to do with it.

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    24 Dec 2016 07:52 PM
    i would like to come help.!
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