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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    Looking at that picture of the first dig site it is obvious to me that those old timers from 1936 could sure dig. All done by hand with pick & shovel.
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 11 1936 By now we have over $5000 in gold. John and I decided not to involve the law out here as we feel that might lead to worse trouble if information gets leaked in town. We both decided to handle any problems ourselves. I went up to the dig this morning and John held watch at camp...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 10 1936 At breakfast I told John that I wanted to go up and dig again and see if the kettle would widen out some. I had put a dent in its gravels yesterday. So John caught a little sleep while I drove up there. I eagerly got to work shoveling gravel into buckets and seeing if the rich pay...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    The actual area the journal is based on. Some of his diggings and gold we found at the site. The journal is based on an old government report on the northern mining property.
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    I don't live in California either. Just Do exploration there.
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    About GhostMiner : I am the president of a small gold mining & exploration company that has claims in the northern Sierra Nevada Mts of California. We also lease claims.
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 8 1936 I am beginning to worry about John. He is jumpy and in bad sorts some of the time and has little patience nearly all of the time. I fear he has a very bad case of gold fever. John is new to this game and we both have reason enough for the fever as we are seeing gold I could never...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 7 1936 Last night we stayed out of the whiskey and slept good. I took first watch and John was up there on second shift. Then things headed south once again. We were fixing coffee, biscuits, and bacon for breakfast when the three rag tags walked into camp like they belonged there. The...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 6 1936 John and me woke up late this morning as we were both deep in our cups well into the night. We decided to go up to the dig site together and bring down 20 buckets and then wash them. Neither of us is up for hard work today but the excitement of seeing gold is pushing us to dig...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    MAY 5 1936 Last night's watch was quiet. There didn't seem to be anything moving on the mountain. After breakfast I told John I wanted to divide our day. We would dig in the morning and take 30 buckets directly out of the fault as we worked it into the east. We moved rock with our bars and...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    May 4 1936 John has his own camp set up next to mine. I went up on watch first and did some thinking while John got some sleep. I took my bottle of Irish with me. I know for a fact that he saw a lot of action in the war. Might this have affected his nerves? He's always seemed like a steady...
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    Setting Up A Small Scale Gold Exploration & Mining Project

    I suppose most gold mining projects start with a dream. Then action is taken on that dream. If you are at this stage there are a whole bunch of things to consider. (1) The Mining Claim : History of mining there. Is there any record of past production? Is there nay old equipment or living...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    May 3 1936 I took first watch at the dig site last night which was uneventful. I got some sleep while John took second watch. About an hour before daybreak I was woke up by the crack of a gunshot - and then a second and a third. I quickly pulled on my boots and grabbed my rifle and ran up...
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    Setting Up A Small Scale Gold Exploration & Mining Project

    This is a series concerning the process of beginning and running a small gold exploration & mining project. It is based on my 10 years of experience. It is not intended to be an end all / know all on this subject but rather what I have learned over the years. It will cover permitting, funding...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    May 2 1936 My good friend John arrived at the claims today. I brought him up to date on what has gone on. I will teach John the mining skills needed as he has never worked for gold prior to now. We have also decided to share security watch at the dig site. This will help put my mind at...
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    Gold Prospecting, Exploration, Mining Trommel Reviews

    The first trommel I am posting a review on is the Hecklar Fabrication 2410 V. Right off the bat I will say that these trommels are well built for heavy duty commercial use. I used the electric motor version and powered it with a generator. I also used a custom built Gold Claimer hopper/feeder to...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    May 1 1936 I drove up to the dig site and found nothing disturbed. I took a walk around the perimeter of the area and saw nothing out of the ordinary and went to work with my pick at loosening some heavy river rock. I dug out some loose gravel underneath one of the bigger stones. Before I...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    APRIL 22 1936 Once again I worked in the eastern drift and once again I found gold. I got deeper although it was mighty tough on both me and my tools of labor. The old channel has a lot of river rock to deal with but I got my buckets out with good material that was on the top of country. My...
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    Lost Gold At The Dead Man's Mine

    APRIL 12 1936 : Today I filed all the paperwork at the county court house for the mining claims I now hold near Lost Ravine. Then I drove my Ford truck out to my claims. There was a good spot near Jake's Creek up to the north about 1500 feet from the main road that follows Morgan Creek where...
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