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MINING FOR GOLD AT A ADVANCED LEVEL
zimbo  
Posted : Saturday, 25 October 2014 2:40:27 PM(UTC)
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hi guys I went for a walk this morning up the arrow gorge and spotted this guy digging and filling green sacks with paydirt, would say he must be getting some good stuff to go to that extreme, you would hope so...
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c4bb0ose  
Posted : Saturday, 25 October 2014 5:13:18 PM(UTC)
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My initial thoughts are "jesus he is high up", but I imagine he has a well paying job, but he never really gets to spend more than a few hours out finding gold, so every night he takes a couple of scoops out of his pay-dirt sac and pans it for some colour :P
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chrischch  
Posted : Saturday, 25 October 2014 5:35:49 PM(UTC)
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That is pretty hard core and sure is up high and on the edge. Must be some good colours to go to the trouble. Good on him getting out there and doing it.
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pascalfortier  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 October 2014 10:01:12 AM(UTC)
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Make me think of Cheechakos Hill (White channel) in the yukon and the ancient gold bearing rivers of California both are 100's meters higher than the today rivers
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Posted : Wednesday, 29 October 2014 8:57:15 AM(UTC)
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Thats high alright. Awesome pics.

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simon  
Posted : Wednesday, 29 October 2014 9:34:41 AM(UTC)
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Saw this spot in person. Its high up alright but nothing out of the ordinary if you're roped and harnessed. Biggest risk is probably tripping over your ropes if not kept tidy. The cliff is similar in height to that at the canyon swing. I built a generator shed on the edge of it and did a bit of digging to get a level site. similar stuff with boulders in the top layer of soil with loose pockets and voids. never knew if the next shovelful was going to break through to somewhere or bring down a big chunk of cliff. was easy to get rid of the spoil and unwanted rock though! those cliff are more solid than you think, despite all the big cracks from faulting.

Guessing they're onto something with the extent of the work done up there. Been all over the area nearby with GB2 and mine labs and never got nothing!
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Oliver123  
Posted : Wednesday, 29 October 2014 7:27:28 PM(UTC)
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I wouldnt be surprised if there are fine deposits of gold scattered through out the cliffs, probably deposited from the melt water of old glaciers.
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gavzilla  
Posted : Wednesday, 29 October 2014 10:47:35 PM(UTC)
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I bumped into these guys over the winter on a trip back from mace town, there was four or five guys working a terrace about five crossings up the arrow, dropping bags down to guys with sluices at the bottom and they had a wicked system going on, they must of had nearly an ounce in each sluice, the biggest nugget being about 12gram that they showed. Seems the arrow is still producing the goods lately with that tour driver who also found a monster nugget a few weeks back too in a pan!
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