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Getting Started in Gold Prospecting

Getting Started in Gold Prospecting. Super Easy!. Identify Gold. Where is gold?. Often located on bedrock and false bedrock In streams and rivers Often found in mountain ranges Can be found in deserts and dried stream beds Gold is where you find it. Sample. Locates concentrations of gold

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Getting Started in Gold Prospecting

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  1. Getting Started in Gold Prospecting Super Easy!

  2. Identify Gold

  3. Where is gold? • Often located on bedrock and false bedrock • In streams and rivers • Often found in mountain ranges • Can be found in deserts and dried stream beds • Gold is where you find it

  4. Sample • Locates concentrations of gold • Saves time and effort • Provides better return

  5. Equipment:Gold Pan

  6. Sluice Box

  7. Dredge

  8. Highbanker

  9. Dry washer

  10. Trommel

  11. Extraction

  12. Blue Bowl

  13. Gold concentrate sluice Uses a finely textured rubber mat to hold fine gold while washing away the black sands

  14. Mercury • Hazardous • Bad for the environment • Use of a retort will reduce mercury vapor in the atmosphere

  15. Highly Toxic!

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