Large (?) amount of mercury found in Reedy Creek Victoria

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Hi all.

I popped down to Reedy Creek (near Eldorado) and ran my high banker for about 40 mins.

Ended up with a blob of liquid mercury in my cons.
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I found this to be quite surprising (and disappointing) that it's way more that the gold recovered.

Anyone else seen it like this?
 
What does the mercury feel like? If it's grainy it could be full of that gold you're trying to find.
 
Yup seen that a few times in Deep Ck GPA Gympie.

Is a fact of life in old gold mining areas in Oz ( and even from current use in Sth Am & Africa)

Is not poss to remediate the area effectively as is very localised and like gold mostly at lowest levels and in cracks, against rock bars etc
 
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