Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "stbenge" <UN### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
> news:4b819605@news.povray.org...
>> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> Is there still some gold left?  :)
>> Yes, there is quite a bit of gold left. The current town my brother and I 
>> are prospecting is said to still have 70% of its placer deposits intact. 
>> When we checked it out the other day, I was seeing color in every pan I 
>> tried, which is a good sign.
> 
> Interesting. I thought that most had been dug by the end of the 19th 
> century, ending the gold rush. But then, I am no expert at all  ;-)
> I suppose that all placers have not been exploited and erosion is uncovering 
> new sites.

I thought most of the gold had been found too, since the town in 
question was extensively dredged back during the Gold Rush. But for some 
reason they stopped. Every once in a while somebody will find a large 
nugget washed out onto the road from the alluvium.

>> When the sluice is finished we'll be able to retrieve gold at a much 
>> faster rate than panning alone. With gold prices the way they are, it 
>> looks like we'll be able to make up for the lack of real jobs available to 
>> us!
> 
> Good luck to you two. It is not an easy job (not like romantic stories want 
> to make us believe).

Thanks! You're right, it's not easy work, but a sluice box will multiply 
our efforts ten-fold. Hopefully we can continue paying rent :S

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