I have an interesting thought. Considering I'm on a glacial out wash plain and the creek is so small and seasonal, the gold that is there is probably fairly well distributed on the property.
Now, if there are around 350 gold flakes per cubic yard of soil from the stream and if the gold is evenly distributed, then every stride I take on my property is walking over the top of 350 gold flakes. That is only three feet down, it is hundreds of feet to the bedrock.
That thought blows my mind the most and fuels my goal of 12 or more flakes per 5-gal bucket to prove this idea is true. That this horrible wet mess of a swamp actually has a carpet of gold to walk upon.
With the fact that the water well was sand down to 100', that would mean that 3 cubic yards extended down 100' could equal as much as 11,666 gold flakes. The bedrock is around 800' down as best as I can find out, giving us a total of as much as 93,324 gold flakes with each stride! After 11 or 12 paces you've walked over the top of over one million gold flakes!
OK, went a little crazy there. I found out that the bedrock is around 150 feet down, maybe a little more in my exact area. That means the potential of around 17,500 per stride, or around 58 paces for one million flakes.
Now, if there are around 350 gold flakes per cubic yard of soil from the stream and if the gold is evenly distributed, then every stride I take on my property is walking over the top of 350 gold flakes. That is only three feet down, it is hundreds of feet to the bedrock.
That thought blows my mind the most and fuels my goal of 12 or more flakes per 5-gal bucket to prove this idea is true. That this horrible wet mess of a swamp actually has a carpet of gold to walk upon.
With the fact that the water well was sand down to 100', that would mean that 3 cubic yards extended down 100' could equal as much as 11,666 gold flakes. The bedrock is around 800' down as best as I can find out, giving us a total of as much as 93,324 gold flakes with each stride! After 11 or 12 paces you've walked over the top of over one million gold flakes!
OK, went a little crazy there. I found out that the bedrock is around 150 feet down, maybe a little more in my exact area. That means the potential of around 17,500 per stride, or around 58 paces for one million flakes.
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