OR - mining in eastern Oregon

[highdesertranger]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think they are both beautiful. but I will say it is certainly greener, LOL highdesertranger

 

[Travelmonkey]

How do you process all of that material to find the gold? It doesn't look like there is water nearby for a sluice.

 

[highdesertranger]

what thread did you read? highdesertranger

 

[highdesertranger]

the Doug is here,  thanks Doug(ABNORM).  did the first major clean up yesterday and today.  I had done a couple small clean ups before and they were so,  so.  but this one was pretty darn good.  I bet y'all want to see,


gold in the hopper


another view


a closer look


in case you are wondering the hopper feeds the gold wheel


another view

more to come

highdesertranger

 

[highdesertranger]

so that was the stuff that is to small to pan,  actually you can pan it but it's a pain in the ass.  couple of pics of the stuff I could pan,


that's more like it


and another these are only the 2 I took pictures of but every Pan was like those two.


and this is the really small stuff .  this is -20,  +30 in size


enlargement


can you see those areas where the gold has concentrated?  well that continues under the black sand


this is only one run I made a total of 4 runs.

yahoo

highdesertranger

 

[bullfrog]

Get it ready quick, gold prices are in record territory!

 

[abnorm]

I had my camera on Macro......here's a cropped shot



Look at all the cool shapes

 

[crofter]

Very nice.
-crofter

 

[highdesertranger]

just under 1,900 bucks an ounce. got to go run some more paydirt. highdesertranger

 

[highdesertranger]

I need to add the final pictures update coming this weekend. Highdesertranger

 

[Freelander]

Do you offer 'free samples'??


HAHAHA

 

[highdesertranger]

Do you offer free labor? LOL, I could always use a digger. In fact last summer I was begging for help. Bob even announced a help wanted on his You Tube live feed. Highdesertranger

 

[Freelander]

I was afraid there was a PickAxe and a shovel involved.

I guess I have watched to much Oak Island. LOL

 

[LERCA]

Interesting. Haven’t tried it in *cough* 30 years. Wish I could physically do it with the price of gold now. Plus just the fun of it. So much California history too.

 

[highdesertranger]

Actually not last year but at the previous 5 RTR's I gave a prospecting seminar. along with that the whole time the RTR was going on I gave panning lessons and any gold that the students panned they got to keep. everybody who was signed up got gold no one went away empty handed. so actually I gave away a lot of gold. the whole 2019 seminar is on Youtube,



that video is very low quality the is a much better one but I can't find it.

Highdesertranger

 

[ByeBye]

If you've never camped with HDR, you're in for a treat! Brother is a WEALTH of backcountry knowledge.

Hardly a day goes by that I don't view at least one photo from last May-June's trip.

 

[Tuesdayafterlunch]

Do you work this claim year-round, or only summertime?

 

[highdesertranger]

"Do you work this claim year-round, or only summertime?"


Hahahahaha,  funny you should ask this.  I just got this picture from the property owner a couple of days ago,



This is the owner house on the property.  Those windows you see are on the 2nd floor.

So short answer I only work it in the summer.  I am in Arizona at the moment.

Highdesertranger

 

[ichiban]

I have a strong back. I am working near Mt. Hood this summer but I would like to come check out the operation on my days off. If not too far.

 

[highdesertranger]

Mt. Hood is still a fair drive away. From Bend it takes me about 6 hours if I am towing about 4 if I am not. But either way I am sure we can work something out. Highdesertranger