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GETTING STARTED IN GOLD PROSPECTING Super Easy!

Getting Started in Gold Prospecting

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Getting Started in Gold Prospecting

GETTING STARTED IN GOLD PROSPECTING

Super Easy!

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IDENTIFY GOLD

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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

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SAMPLE

Locates concentrations of gold

Saves time and effort

Provides better return

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EQU IPM EN T:GO L D PAN

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SLUICE BOX

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DREDGE

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HIGHBANKER

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DRY WASHER

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TROMMEL

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EXTRACTION

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BLUE BOWL

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GOLD CONCENTRATE SLUICE

Uses a finely textured rubber mat to hold fine gold while washing away the black sands

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MERCURY

Hazardous Bad for the environment Use of a retort will reduce mercury vapor in the

atmosphere

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HIGHLY TOXIC!