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NiN		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 10:42:41 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 10/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: dunedin Thanks: 7 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 2 post(s)		hi has anyone found one of these so called glory holes and could you tell me how you got on not looking for hints just keen to here if any one has come up trumps...

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 10:45:03 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		I thought that the term related to ; - a) Oil wells b) A funnel built behind a dam c) A Nautical term and d) ...never mind! In fact I just googled the term and now my mind is irreversibly polluted and I daresay that every other forum member is going to get curious, google the term and never be the same again! Edited by user Friday, 17 February 2012 10:52:28 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified

NiN		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 10:54:37 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 10/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: dunedin Thanks: 7 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 2 post(s)		lol i had a look on youtube and these guys said they had found a glory hole(not porn) and it had shitloads of gold in it so i was keen to know if anyone had found one thats all.

Lammerlaw		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 11:14:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: NiN lol i had a look on youtube and these guys said they had found a glory hole(not porn) and it had shitloads of gold in it so i was keen to know if anyone had found one thats all. I have been gold mining for fifty years this year and have not heard of the term in relationship to gold but that does not mean that it isnt - I have heard of 'struck a bonanza.' The term glory hole in reference to Gold though could make sense so I am not saying that it is not used in terms of Gold.

gavin		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 11:24:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Administrators, Registered Joined: 20/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,326 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 736 times Was thanked: 535 time(s) in 287 post(s)		First time I heard the term was watching Gold Rush Alaska so I assume it's a North American term. Always make me snigger like a school boy when I hear it!
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NiN		Posted : Friday, 17 February 2012 11:27:58 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 10/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: dunedin Thanks: 7 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 2 post(s)		my understanding of a glory hole is a hole in the bedrock that has been worn down by other stones and rocks and the gold gets traped in there ?

kiwijw		Posted : Saturday, 18 February 2012 10:13:53 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Lammerlaw Originally Posted by: NiN lol i had a look on youtube and these guys said they had found a glory hole(not porn) and it had shitloads of gold in it so i was keen to know if anyone had found one thats all. I have been gold mining for fifty years this year and have not heard of the term in relationship to gold but that does not mean that it isnt - I have heard of 'struck a bonanza.' The term glory hole in reference to Gold though could make sense so I am not saying that it is not used in terms of Gold. Hi all, Graeme. That is amazing that in all your years chasing gold you havnt come across or heard of the term, glory hole,....... relating to gold. I recall it as far back as I can remember when I started reading & researching & learning all I could about gold. The junction of the Moonlight Creek & the Shotover was often refered to as the "jewellery box" (as I am sure you will know) & also a "glory hole". The juction of two gold rich streams coming together were a great place in the old days to find a glory hole. I think "glory" hole is a great discription for a massive concentration of alluvial gold. It would certainly be glorious to find. Here is some reading & video footage to entertain you http://www.goldgold.com/...5-glory-hole-claims.html http://www.goldgold.com/726.html http://www.goldgold.com/cave-diving.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGSAVuRC_k8 A bit from "Gold Rush Alaska" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO9_LySDJgY Happy hunting JW :)

chchfossiker		Posted : Saturday, 18 February 2012 10:18:49 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 5/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 151 Location: christchurch Thanks: 9 times Was thanked: 15 time(s) in 12 post(s)		Originally Posted by: NiN my understanding of a glory hole is a hole in the bedrock that has been worn down by other stones and rocks and the gold gets traped in there ? from what i have read .glory holes in gold terms are areas were ancient waterfals have long dried up and covered up over hundreds of thousand of years.so all the gold gets traped at bottom of big deep hole.so people finding anceint riverbeds come across a area where a waterfal was and dig down in to a ig hole.and i guess if its filled with gold .it would be a "glorious hole"

Maverick		Posted : Saturday, 18 February 2012 1:58:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 78 Location: ChCh Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 9 time(s) in 9 post(s)		Originally Posted by: gavin First time I heard the term was watching Gold Rush Alaska so I assume it's a North American term. Always make me snigger like a school boy when I hear it! that's the first time i heard it in a gold context too, i wondered what that old fella had been googling ? same as Lammerlaw did i guess! hahal!!

Lammerlaw		Posted : Sunday, 19 February 2012 7:31:47 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: Maverick Originally Posted by: gavin First time I heard the term was watching Gold Rush Alaska so I assume it's a North American term. Always make me snigger like a school boy when I hear it! that's the first time i heard it in a gold context too, i wondered what that old fella had been googling ? same as Lammerlaw did i guess! hahal!! I would be time perving at such things as porn 'Glory Holes' - in fact it was when I Googled the term to find its Gold connotations that I actually discovered exactly what it did refer to in porn! John - I well knew of the 'Jewellery Box' but thats another story.

jafa		Posted : Sunday, 19 February 2012 9:46:52 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 22/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 134 Location: auckland Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 23 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Gloryhole,s Sounds good eather way !.... in my experince though limited water falls filling with gold dont happen....from what i have seen they just boilout:(
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NiN		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 12:04:06 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 10/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: dunedin Thanks: 7 times Was thanked: 3 time(s) in 2 post(s)		yes i agree unless the water fall is the end of a rainbow and has the gold of the indians that got slaghted that fatefull day when they threw it down that glory hole. lol.

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 8:39:28 AM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		(spoiler alert)Well as i have seen the second season of "gold rush alaska", I know that there IS a heap of gold at the bottom of that hole they dug. The Hoffmans kept calling it the "glory hole" and were saying they think its the bottom of an old waterfall long since dryed up. Maybe they were right? Who knows? They dont end up digging it up though, Fred does hahaha
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Stealth		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 12:30:56 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Dust Groups: Registered Joined: 1/02/2012(UTC) Posts: 7 Location: East Auckland		It turned out to be a rather nice hole in the end,

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 2:12:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		From Gold, Gem and Treasure mag 2011 yearbook: "...a lot of work along this valley was done by "glory holing". This term actually originated in the western usa during the gold rush days when independant miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mineshaft, would simply dig shafts straight down to try to find gold seams. These perpendicular shafts became known as "glory holes" though no doubt many of the shafts that were dug ended up being more for exercise than gold reward." There you have it.
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oroplata		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 2:41:30 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Originally Posted by: chrischch (spoiler alert)Well as i have seen the second season of "gold rush alaska", I know that there IS a heap of gold at the bottom of that hole they dug. The Hoffmans kept calling it the "glory hole" and were saying they think its the bottom of an old waterfall long since dryed up. Maybe they were right? Who knows? They dont end up digging it up though, Fred does hahaha There's a surprise. They would have made it down to the bottom during the first season (without of running out of money first) if they'd had JUST ONE person with some engineering/physics/geology common sense, and not so many psychopaths.
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kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 4:30:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		There's a surprise. They would have made it down to the bottom during the first season (without of running out of money first) if they'd had JUST ONE person with some engineering/physics/geology common sense, and not so many psychopaths. Couldnt agree more. What gobsmacks me is why didnt they core drill it to test it down to bed rock to start with???? Ok it would have cost them money but it would have been well spent. It cost them lots of money & a season & they lost the claim & the gold in the end any way after shifting all that dirt for rotten old Fred. JW :)

Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 4:50:09 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Originally Posted by: chrischch From Gold, Gem and Treasure mag 2011 yearbook: "...a lot of work along this valley was done by "glory holing". This term actually originated in the western usa during the gold rush days when independant miners who did not have the finances to dig a conventional mineshaft, would simply dig shafts straight down to try to find gold seams. These perpendicular shafts became known as "glory holes" though no doubt many of the shafts that were dug ended up being more for exercise than gold reward." There you have it. Rather interesting - thanks for that - I had never heard of the term even though my Great grandfather and his partners were at the California rushes and then in Australia. In regards to the base of waterfalls I am rather amused as I doubt that the base of many waterfalls held much gold despite and regardless of what others might think. There is one large waterfall that I once got into 'knowing' that it was going to make me rich - but it was devoid of any gold - it simply boiled out and got carried away. Over the years we also worked some very deep holes and we got more gold from the ledges at the top end leading down into the holes and more gold from the shallows immediately below the holes than we ever got out of the holes.

jafa		Posted : Monday, 20 February 2012 5:02:20 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 22/11/2011(UTC) Posts: 134 Location: auckland Thanks: 22 times Was thanked: 23 time(s) in 19 post(s)		Originally Posted by: kiwijw There's a surprise. They would have made it down to the bottom during the first season (without of running out of money first) if they'd had JUST ONE person with some engineering/physics/geology common sense, and not so many psychopaths. Couldnt agree more. What gobsmacks me is why didnt they core drill it to test it down to bed rock to start with???? Ok it would have cost them money but it would have been well spent. It cost them lots of money & a season & they lost the claim & the gold in the end any way after shifting all that dirt for rotten old Fred. JW :) Hi JW At the start of that program they were wangn on about the test hole,s that had been drilled...one sample nearly had a ounce in it...and yet they basically tossed the good info they had out the window and decided boom or bust style for the "glory hole".....
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