Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona Crevicing Gold

I went to a club claim this week to get some fresh air. It is one of my favorite claims up in Yavapai County, Arizona.
Have included some photos. My crevicing yielded some placer, not much, but any is good to me. I enjoyed the day with my wife. It is a super place. The Bradshaw Mountains have many old mines and a lot of what flows down the canyon washes comes from them. My claim gets a bit from Crown King, especially after a hard rain, which is what happened a week before. Anyway, here are some photos.

"livescience" Reveals New Data on Gold Deposit Formation

Here is an interesting scientific study showing the time it can take to form gold.  A gold deposit named Ladolam on Lihir Island in Papua New Guinea is the site of an interesting finding. Out of a valcano in rising hot water, a gold deposit was formed in 55,000 years. That is, ONLY 55,000 years! Since the planet Earth is billions of years old, 55,000 years is but a drop in the bucket. Check this out for more information about gold formation, sampling, total mieable gold in Ladolam, and how technology there leads to green solutions.
http://www.livescience.com/1092-hot-study-gold-forms-fast.html

Of interest, perhaps, https://www.odysseymarine.com/lihir-gold-project#:~:text=The%20resource%20lies%20500-2%2C000%20meters%20deep%20in%20the,and%20processed%20by%20a%20major%20international%20mining%20company.

A Collection of My Articles (30 in total) About the Basics of Gold Prospecting - by Prospector John

A plethora of information for the recreational gold prospector. 

http://john000.hubpages.com/hub/Buying-Gold-Today-How-Could-the-1933-Gold-Seizure-Affect-Your-Purchasing-of-Gold

http://john000.hubpages.com/hub/Making-Placer-Gold-Mining-Easier-A-Piece-of-Desert-Equipment-the-Dry-Washer

http://john000.hubpages.com/hub/Where-to-Find-Gold-if-You-are-a-Newbie-Gold-Prospecting-the-Best-Places-Using-Gold-Panning

http://john000.hubpages.com/hub/Finding-Gold-Placer-Deposits-Gold-in-Quartz-Veins-of-Gold-A-Gold-Piedmont-and-Minerals-Found-with-Gold

http://john000.hubpages.com/hub/Free-Panning-Gold-at-State-of-California-Park

http://goldenrodlm.hubpages.com/hub/ways-to-test-gold-ore

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Spiral-Wheel-Gold-Panning-Machines-Automated-Gold-Recovery

https://owlcation.com/misc/Not-So-Common-Places-I-Have-Found-Gold-A-Hub-for-the-Curious-Prospector

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Buffalo-Bill-Cody-and-Arizona-Gold

https://owlcation.com/stem/Ancient-Mining-Tools-and-Techniques

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Identifying-Gold-Ore-What-To-Look-For

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Fine-Gold-Recovery-With-A-Blue-Bowl-Concentrator

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/How-to-Use-a-Gold-Sluice

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/ways-to-test-gold-ore

https://toughnickel.com/frugal-living/For-Old-Codgers-Who-Fantasize-About-Gold-Prospecting-and-Recycling

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Pancho-Villas-Treasures

https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Highbanker-An-Automatic-Power-Sluice

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Important-Inexpensive-Basic-Tools-for-Gold-Prospecting

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Nugget-Bucket-Concept-is-Golden

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Arizonas-Invaluable-Cornish-Miner-Connection

https://owlcation.com/humanities/San-Xavier-del-Bac-Mission-and-the-Esmeralda-Mine

https://turbofuture.com/industrial/Urban-Mining-What-Is-It

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/The-Miller-Table-Refining-Fine-Placer-Gold

https://owlcation.com/stem/Mining-Human-Poop-for-Gold

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Indispensable-Companion-The-Gold-Prospectors-Burro

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/A-Brief-History-of-Arizona-Silver-Mining

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Spiral-Wheel-Gold-Panning-Machines-Automated-Gold-Recovery

https://letterpile.com/personal-essays/Remarkable-Hamburger-Pickles-Lead-to-Flood-Gold

https://discover.hubpages.com/education/California-Gold-Rush-Famous-Entrepeneurs

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Important-Inexpensive-Basic-Tools-for-Gold-Prospecting

https://hobbylark.com/metal-detecting/Where-to-Find-Gold-if-You-are-a-Newbie-Gold-Prospecting-the-Best-Places-Using-Gold-Panning

https://toughnickel.com/frugal-living/Metal-Detectors-A-Hobby-with-Bountiful-Treasures

MINES AND GEOLOGY GORDON K. VAN VLECK, Secretary THE RESOURCES AGENCY GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Governor STATE OF CALIFORNIA DON L. BLUBAUGH, Director DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION PLACER GOLD RECOVERY METHODS

Would you like to read about sluices, shaker tables, retorts, and trommels, and more? Here is a PDF with information from special publication 87 of the 1986 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY by By Michael Silva. http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/geologic_resources/gold/Documents/SP87.pdf  This was originally a 31 page PDF chock full of interesting information. Included are 21 black and white photos. The diagrams are good, the concepts are even better. FYI.

Gold Prospecting Tips from the Pros and All Are Free

Would you like 34 free tips on gold prospecting? At http://www.goldfeverprospecting.com/resuhiandti.html you will find reader submitted prospecting tips that are very helpful. these tips have been submitted by folks who are involved in the hobby. They range from ways to build your own tools, ways to improve on common methods of building, ways to improve the ease of traveling with equipment, and cleaning techniques. I highly recommend this section.

Three Tests for Trying to Determine Fools Gold from the Real Thing (GOLD)

https://owlcation.com/stem/What-is-Fools-Gold

Real gold or fools gold ?

"If what you found was sparkling right on the surface without digging down you might have mica or some other type of “fool’s gold”.
Here are some quick tests to check if you found real gold.

Sun Test: Once you have seen your first Gold you will never forget it. A quick and easy test is to note the color and brightness of the gold in your gold pan. Now shadow your Gold pan. Anything that is not Gold will become dull or fade. Gold will retain its color and luster – it will still be golden, just Gold in the shade.
All that sparkles isn't Gold: Look at the material in the sunlight if it sparkles it is a 99.999 chance it is not gold.

Pin test: stick a pin in the “gold”. If it breaks or fractures or crumbles it isn’t gold. Gold is malleable and ductile meaning you can bend it and dent it. Lesser minerals will crack, break or crumble.

Pan test: One of the first things to learn about gold is it is very heavy. Gold really doesn't move around in your pan much. After panning your material down to your final cons, rock your pan back and forth with a little bit of water in the pan. You will find that the Gold will mostly stay put, while other light weight material moves away. As the light material moves away tap your pan lightly on the top edge. This will separate the heavy gold even further from the waste. Consider the source and location. If you found your “gold” on top of other dirt it probably isn’t real gold. Gold is extremely heavy and will always seek the lowest place to rest - often on top of bedrock or other hard material such as clay or limestone."

Plastic Sewer Pipe Makes a Nice Sluice and It's Inexpensive

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This is a set of instructions at eHow about building a sluice box. In five steps, this article will show how to construct it with a skill saw or hand saw, screws, a drill, knife, wood 2 by 4, and a piece of plastic sewer pipe. http://www.ehow.com/how_5185082_build-gold-prospecting-equipment.html The nice thing about these articles is that eHow focuses on how to make the instructions simple. These well-stated articles can save a lot of time and headache.

See also:
http://www.ehow.com/way_5865142_homemade-prospecting-equipment.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_7903208_build-sucker-sluice-gold-panning.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_7947782_make-handheld-suction-pump-gold.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_7944107_make-suction-stick-vacuum-prospecting.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_7976442_do-suction-pump-recover-gold.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_8455947_build-own-water-suction-pump.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_7809059_make-pump-out-pvc-pipe.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5016689_build-simple-water-pump.html