check out this old fella working a longtom in Nome, Alaska

[G0lddigg@]

its only 56 seconds but it an old b/w silent movie

[video=480,360]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OXJq5ZHeh8&feature=g-all-u[/video]

 

[Guest]

Link isnt working for me?

 

[G0lddigg@]

That's wierd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OXJq5ZHeh8&feature=g-all-u

Try this mate[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/_OXJq5ZHeh8[/video]

 

[HeadsUp]

nice one

hows the state of that wheelbarrow !

and his " pump" the ladle complete with broken handle

but thats all they had awesome

 

[Guest]

HAHA Yeah thats awesome, wonder what he would say if he saw a Walbanker?

 

[Ramjet]

Nice vid. Doping the hard yards old school style

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Must have been a glacier push... lots of gold in Alaska still to this day. Have to head there one day...

Cheers, Tone

 

[richo966]

bet he would give right arm for gumboots that water in Alaska is freezing

 

[G0lddigg@]

Must have been a glacier push... lots of gold in Alaska still to this day. Have to head there one day...

Cheers, Tone

yeh mate checkout bering sea Gold its an awesome TV series they dredge the crap out of that beach nowadays as the glacier is still melting, found a link

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/bering-sea-gold/videos/nomes-gold-history.htm

 

[bazza2210]

I got the bug for the yella after a holiday in alaska

 

[casper]

Brilliant! ....that's a Banjo Box variant, and he is using a "banjo" to throw the water up the chute. It works by mimicking the natural wave action on the beach.

thanks G0lddigg@

casper