I am having trouble defining the meanings of the different mining terms in the Book Loaming for Gold by Sam Cash.
If you have any idea or know some old-timer who might know and what I think different
American terms would be.
p8;
Loam => a sample of soil usually from top 1" of surface dirt. Also could be a Dollied up sample of little/big rocks.
Corner => is the left over heavies from panning/dishing down a Loam.
A Corner => can contain just a few (1-3 tiny specs) to pennyweights of gold!
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???? "Unless extremely fine about thirty would form a pennyweight corner."
p8
What is he referring to "...a pennyweight corner." Is this a reference to pennyweights to the Ton/hard rock,
pennyweights to the cubic yard/meter, placer. There is no Context to go by!!!
It obviously can't mean to the pan/dish as small specs can't Weigh a pennyweight, as referenced in prior sentence.
Later p55 "There are few beginners that would not call a grain in weight of gold more than a 5 ounce prospect
from a pound of stone, and that is approximately what it is."apx. +-5 ounces.
1 ton = 2000 lbs x 1 grain/lbs = 2000 grains / 480 g/oz = 4.16 ounces!!!
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On p42; He states that "It would not be much of a patch that failed to yield pennyweights to the dish in fact."
This reference is to keeping your kit Clean so you don't SALT your own samples and
send yourself OFF on a wild goose chase.
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NOW what is a "RED Bar"???
lets start off with what a 'bar' is.
p15 'is almost always in close proximity to a Patch'
some place I read that a Bar is a 'Boat' shaped patch of Red dirt.
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And last for now is what is meant by 'Pressure' as on p21
Sincerely
Lost Adams
If you have any idea or know some old-timer who might know and what I think different
American terms would be.
p8;
Loam => a sample of soil usually from top 1" of surface dirt. Also could be a Dollied up sample of little/big rocks.
Corner => is the left over heavies from panning/dishing down a Loam.
A Corner => can contain just a few (1-3 tiny specs) to pennyweights of gold!
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???? "Unless extremely fine about thirty would form a pennyweight corner."
p8
What is he referring to "...a pennyweight corner." Is this a reference to pennyweights to the Ton/hard rock,
pennyweights to the cubic yard/meter, placer. There is no Context to go by!!!
It obviously can't mean to the pan/dish as small specs can't Weigh a pennyweight, as referenced in prior sentence.
Later p55 "There are few beginners that would not call a grain in weight of gold more than a 5 ounce prospect
from a pound of stone, and that is approximately what it is."apx. +-5 ounces.
1 ton = 2000 lbs x 1 grain/lbs = 2000 grains / 480 g/oz = 4.16 ounces!!!
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On p42; He states that "It would not be much of a patch that failed to yield pennyweights to the dish in fact."
This reference is to keeping your kit Clean so you don't SALT your own samples and
send yourself OFF on a wild goose chase.
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NOW what is a "RED Bar"???
lets start off with what a 'bar' is.
p15 'is almost always in close proximity to a Patch'
some place I read that a Bar is a 'Boat' shaped patch of Red dirt.
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And last for now is what is meant by 'Pressure' as on p21
Sincerely
Lost Adams