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MB I would say it sounds more like the fuel had gone off being the issue more so than the fact it was 2 stroke mix. Petrol hasn't got a great shelf life and the hotter the temps the shorter that life is.

A bit like me I think.

 

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I recently crushed a few quartz specimens and recovered quite a bit of gold so I'd like to find some more gold in quartz.



We've got plenty of old mines on one of our leases and I've never even looked at them so this afternoon I took a quick run out there for a look.



There are some really interesting holes in the ground.



Most of them go down a way and then head sideways. I guess they just followed the gold.



I wonder if they left anything behind

 

[Moneybox]

Too many choices, I have no idea where to start.



I just have to stay within the two triangles. The Golden Leaf mine is the gold star.

• Mon 2 Dec 1895
  
  
• LATEST FROM CUE.

Cue, December 1.
The Golden Leaf, 9 acre lease, adjoining
the Bed, White and Blue is
down on the underlay 25ft. The
reef is 3ft. wide. The lode has also
been cut in the vertical shaft which
is sunk to a depth of 50ft. The reef
here is averaging, 3ft. wide and gives
indication of widening. The stone
throughout shows coarse gold freely.
On the Golden Leaf Extended the
shaft is down 29ft., cutting the reef
which averages 3ft. Twenty-five
tons of stone is at grass. Both properties
should give a substantial cake
of gold when treated at the battery.

 

[Mackka]

You go down and I will stay on top to keep an eye out for any storms coming.

 

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You go down and I will stay on top to keep an eye out for any storms coming.

Yeah sure! The news report would be "another missing in the WA goldfields"

 

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I managed to get a couple of hours in on the dryblower yesterday evening after trying my luck with the detector earlier in the day.



I finished up about 7:45pm after two hours so I didn't bother to empty the trays and just came straight home.



I had a little maintenance to do this morning. I added a small strip of flashing to prevent dust spilling into the wrong area. While I was at it I tripped and put the drill through the calico on the riffle tray so that put an end to my dryblowing plans for this morning. it'll get a splash of blue glue so should be good for tomorrow.



Same spot as yesterday but a different tyre. I came home this morning and noticed a tyre almost fully deflated. It had a small stick through the sidewall from my jaunt through the bush yesterday. It was an easy fix but a job I didn't need.



Then I walked past the pond and noticed the flowers have started to fall.



When I drove Mrs M to Perth last week this tree was bare. It had done one of it's moults for the season. By the time I got home new green leaves were formed. Today we have the first of the flowers. You'll see by the buds that in a few days there will bunches of these fluffy flowers just lining up for a dip in the fish pond.



I actually got a pleasant surprise. I thought this was another weed from Africa but I correctly identified it this morning as a native Australian.

Albizia lebbeck is a species of Albizia, native to Indomalaya, New Guinea and Northern Australia[1][2] and widely cultivated and naturalised in other tropical and subtropical regions. English names for it include Sirisa, Siris, lebbeck, lebbek tree, flea tree, frywood, koko and woman's tongue tree. The latter name is a play on the sound the seeds make as they rattle inside the pods. Being one of the most widespread and common species of Albizia worldwide, it is often simply called siris or Sirisa though this name may refer to any locally common member of the genus.[1]

It was lucky to survive because it got in the way of the pond build and being what I thought was an imported pest I nearly took it out. It was only our need for shade that saved its life.

 

[Northeast]

so I didn't bother to empty the trays

But…did you empty them today???

We’re all keen to hear the tally.

 

[Moneybox]

But…did you empty them today???

We’re all keen to hear the tally.

Yes I did eventually....



It might look like a lot but it's just over 6g.



I've been too busy with puncture repairs.



This slow leak has been annoying me for months. The tyres only take 2.9psi and the air lasts about a week. The leak is where the bubbles are right in the middle of the tread but the brown spot looks like another thorn that has worn off but it's not leaking there.

 

[silver]

Do they make solid tyres, you could wear em down to the rim almost

 

[Moneybox]

Do they make solid tyres, you could wear em down to the rim almost

Most solid tyres are not really solid, just non-pneumatic. They have air gaps so that there's some give otherwise there's no traction and a very harsh ride.

 

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The early bird gets the worm. I got going early this morning and loaded up the oxy set and headed for CueBunno. I needed some good solid steel for my new project and I got lucky.



I lopped off 5.4m of this heavy railway line and got back home within the hour. Zimba had to lend a hand to get it back off the truck.



Last week my old 125mm angle grinder packed it in. I was hoping it was just brushes but the problem was a bit more serious so today I revived an old 150mm AEG grinder that I've been lugging around since the 70's. I fitted a 125x0.8mm cutting disk on and sliced the rail in two.

 

[Simmo]

Oooo Big project..!! can't wait!!!

 

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Oooo Big project..!! can't wait!!!

Not too big Simmo. I don't have the energy to take on too much right now, too hot and too many distractions.

 

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It's only 30°C but the steel out in the sun is too hot to pickup. I just brought the last of this size pipe in and it looks like I'm going to be four short. I can check again at CueBunno but I think I've exhausted the supply.

 

[user 22230]

Don't tell me classifier .................... for something a bit larger than a pan

 

[Aries]

Grizzly or rock bucket?

 

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First up I slipped out to CueBunno and found a few more pipes, just enough to finish this section off. Then I stood it up with the pipes on end to make welding easier.



It's getting a bit too heavy for Zimba or the truck crane but tomorrow I might have the new loader (China) here. If not I might have to bring Tonka home.

 

[Simmo]

Ooo even more!!
Big project and now new toys!!
I love this thread Phil!!

 

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I just came in from welding the skids.



This part has to be really strong so the mig welder had to step aside. I brought out the little inverter welder and some decades old Ferrocraft 22 full ironpowder electrodes. Sometimes we forget how good this old technology is, these electrodes are so smooth and quiet compared to the mig welder. The little welder overheated a couple of times and the electrodes are not all-positional so some of my welds aren't pretty but they are strong.

 

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The rain started late yesterday evening. I didn't look at the forecast because I was just expecting the usual few drops to fall.



I woke about 2:30am and it was really bucketing down. Fortunately I remembered the new shade sail was waterproof. It is on a bit of a slope but not enough to shed a quick downpour so I ducked out for a look. I have no idea how much water was up there but the sail is 6m x 5m so it could hold a few tonnes of water. I quickly grabbed a length of steel conduit and blowtorch. I heated the tube until it was red hot and poked the sail in the bottom of the pool. It cooled my tube instantly so never even went right through but it burned enough of a hole to relieve the pressure.



It continued to rain so I was relieved to see the sail still there this morning