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Backhoe Push Digs Bring Back the True Nature of Gold Fever.

Backhoe Push Digs Bring Back the True Nature of Gold Fever.

 “What we know is, you will run material, process your cleanups and keep all the gold you recover!” says Dominic Ricci, Executive Director of LDMA. “We hosted the first one at Stanton Camp and it got out what people were recovering (gold), and then the next two Push Digs sold out!”
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Play Where the HGM’s Did

Play Where the HGM’s Did

“HGM’s” (Hydraulic Gold Miners) would point water cannons at the hillside to dislodge material, blasting away the mountain and sending the mud, gravels and rocks down the hillside and into sluices positioned below to capture the gold.
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Play Where the HGM’s Did
Uncovering the Disorders of a Prospector

Uncovering the Disorders of a Prospector

Yes, we all say, when I have time one weekend, I’m going to run the buckets and get my gold. I know it’s in them. Or better yet, “When winter comes, and I can’t go prospecting, I’ll do all my cleanups. It will give me something to do.”

Posted on By Dominic