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08-14-2013, 09:23 PM
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Finally got back on the NSR between Ft Sask and Edm tonight.
Same spot where I got 3-5 specks per pan (pan, screen and shovel) back in May.
I got 5-10 specks per pan tonight. So the high water levels in the past few months has stirred things up off the banks bringing in new material.
I will try and get the sluice and pump out in the next week or so.
TBark
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08-14-2013, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I went and hit up old man creek yesterday. Got the most color of any panning yet, but very small. Lots of bigger garnets and a bunch of weird metallic flacky rock. Need to get a sluice goin. Maybe a project fir the winter.
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08-16-2013, 04:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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45 min of shovel / pan work on NRS 2 evenings ago.
Aprx 120 specks in 10 shovels / pans worked.
Not a lot but in a day, or half days work a guy could do OK.
TBark
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08-16-2013, 04:05 PM
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Right on Tbark, looks good. Once this move is over and done with I am going to try the Red Deer in a few places.
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08-20-2013, 11:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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A very kind member from this forum GAVE me a home made sluice box. Complete with a Hudson Bay wool blanket, I know about 30 years ago those blankets cost about 80 bucks.
Hitting the river......
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When I was working at the regional park a camper came to me and asked , 'where's the best place to catch fish?'
I said, ' in the lake.'
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08-20-2013, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Edmonton
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Originally Posted by DAVENYK66
A very kind member from this forum GAVE me a home made sluice box. Complete with a Hudson Bay wool blanket, I know about 30 years ago those blankets cost about 80 bucks.
Hitting the river......
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Hope you do well! Wool blankets made good miners moss.
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08-21-2013, 04:18 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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I just want to publicly say THANKS!
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When I was working at the regional park a camper came to me and asked , 'where's the best place to catch fish?'
I said, ' in the lake.'
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...t=gold+panning
Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
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08-22-2013, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Ran the sluice for 2 hrs today on the NSR, got about 300-400 specks.
TBark
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08-22-2013, 09:20 PM
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Nice.
We scouted out a spot by the creek today. Took a test pan in a few spots, I think my regular spot is just fine ,nothing was a whole lot better anywhere else we dug.
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When I was working at the regional park a camper came to me and asked , 'where's the best place to catch fish?'
I said, ' in the lake.'
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...t=gold+panning
Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
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08-22-2013, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: central Alberta
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Originally Posted by TBark
So the high water levels in the past few months has stirred things up off the banks bringing in new material.
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The NSR gravels have a way of moving during highwater and ice out. I remember a man that had a gravel permit for an island on te NSR in the 60's. They built a road to the island and trucked out lots of gravel and today you wouldn't even know they were there for the gravel there is there now. Some spots can be mined over again every few years.
Some of the first miners on the NSR in the mid 1800's mined the sandbars between Ft. Sask and Edmonton. I believe it was Tom Clover, who Cloverbar is named after, mentioned he could mine the top 2 feet of 'his' sandbar every two or three years, and get roughly the same amount each time. There were and still are a few sandbars in the river that can be re-worked every few years. Just the top foot or two.
Then things changed when the steam powered dredges took up 7500 ounces in two years 1896-97. The dredges definitely depleted alot of the deposits between Ft.Sask and Edm.. The dredges mined the bars, the bottom and sides of the river real good. The dredges were taken away and destroyed by a flood around 1898. Somewhere in the river are remnants of these dredges. Here's a couple of pics from the Alberta Archives.
Just thought it was a cool part of the past local mining efforts on the NSR.
So if person got to a bench that the dredges couldn't get at, there may be some better diggings. Some of the sandbars in the middle of the river might be worth a look. If there is a layer of sod like grass on any river ground that gets flooded, grass roots can hold gold too.
Good fun and good luck in the quest.
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09-04-2013, 11:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Woohoo!! I picked up 2 pans today for the kids and I today and am booking a couple hours lesson for mid September going to give it a shot this weekend though and see what the kidlets can dig up
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09-04-2013, 11:48 PM
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This something I have considered doing for a long time as a hobby. My hobby is welding. If you need any help building things, I'd be happy to share our hobbies.
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09-05-2013, 03:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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Originally Posted by Coldone
Woohoo!! I picked up 2 pans today for the kids and I today and am booking a couple hours lesson for mid September going to give it a shot this weekend though and see what the kidlets can dig up
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Good job buddy, have fun.
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When I was working at the regional park a camper came to me and asked , 'where's the best place to catch fish?'
I said, ' in the lake.'
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...t=gold+panning
Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
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09-05-2013, 09:51 AM
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We've been out a few times this year. Fun way to spend a Sunday in between fishing.
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09-05-2013, 07:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
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looks good bro,
fish and pan, why not . 
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When I was working at the regional park a camper came to me and asked , 'where's the best place to catch fish?'
I said, ' in the lake.'
http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showt...t=gold+panning
Remember: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
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09-06-2013, 01:42 AM
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Nice.....
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01-17-2015, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Right on... I like your style of high banker.. kinda of a boiler box system I see.. well done but I have to ask was this on or near the Little Smoky River?... Im curious.. and have you done any prospecting on the Smoky or Peace? Thanks
Goldseeker_46
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