It’s the end of February and cabin fever has you stir crazy, you can’t wait to get out and find some of that elusive gold, the 2012 gold season is almost upon us for some it is already here. Now is the time to make preparations for your prospecting or small-scale mining adventures. It’s time [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Gold Prospecting: A Good Plan & Preparations
Posted: February 24, 2012 in Gold Prospecting, Mineral prospecting, Prospecting Equipment, UncategorizedTags: Gold, Placer mining, Prospecting
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Sluice Box Set Up (Keene A52)
Posted: February 11, 2012 in Prospecting Equipment, UncategorizedTags: adventure, fun, Gold Prospecting, Keene A52 sluice box, Placer mining, recreational prospecting, sluice box, sluice box set up
This is how I set up my sluice box, a Keene A 52. This will work for any sluice box.The recomended drop for the sluice box is 1 inch per foot, the Keene A52 is about 3 feet long so a 3 inch drop is good. Meaning that the feed end is 3 inches higher [...]
