Dry Blower in the WA goldfields

[Suzyanneau]

This is my son on our last day in the dirt earlier this month. We ended up mostly detecting that week, so only had an hour using the dry blower and brought the dirt home.

 

[grubstake]

Excellent pics, thank you.
It's a very hot time of year to be out in the shadeless scrub, shoveling dirt into one of those dust-makers! Did you do any good with it?

 

[Suzyanneau]

Excellent pics, thank you.
It's a very hot time of year to be out in the shadeless scrub, shoveling dirt into one of those dust-makers! Did you do any good with it?

Thankfully the temps were mid 30s for the week we were there and are back to that again at the moment. We didn't have enough time with the dry blower. We took some rocks home to crush and got one speck out and a bunch of iron filings from the crushing equipment. Ran it through the centrifuge after crushing. Didn't get anything from the detectors. Keen to get back though.

 

[Moneybox]

Jus be aware that this activity is quite likely illegal. This machine can only be used an an active lease with a current POW in place.

 

[kingswood]

Jus be aware that this activity is quite likely illegal. This machine can only be used an an active lease with a current POW in place.

Its not just "quite likely" illegal its 100% illegal without a POW.......
Even on a 40E permit, its still restricted to hand held tools only and a limit of 20kg of samples. So even if took 30kg of soil home to sample later, still illegal.

 

[stalker]

Jus be aware that this activity is quite likely illegal. This machine can only be used an an active lease with a current POW in place.

I would of thought it would be fine as long as excavation was done by hand .. and samples of any amount as long as each sample of a bag or bucket is no more than 20kg per per bag or bucket .

 

[grubstake]

I would of thought it would be fine as long as excavation was done by hand .. and samples of any amount as long as each sample of a bag or bucket is no more than 20kg per per bag or bucket .

Your understanding of the allowable quantity of samples is incorrect. Sampling is limited to a total weight of 20kg for all of the samples.

Here's an extract from Prospecting on Crown Land in Western Australia: Your rights and obligations when prospecting