Pounds and Pounds of Gold: I Mined Gold at Sterling Creek Mine | Glenn Wadstein

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  @croatiansensation6062 · 5 years ago

  This is pure gold. What a gem of a documentary. Glenn Wadstein seems like such a nice man, a true gold miner and environmental steward in the process. Mining and agriculture are the roots and heritage of all of us...modern man tends to quickly forget this.

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• JI

  @jimwilleford6140 · 6 years ago

  I loved your sense of responsibility for not only reclamation but improved elevations for building or other uses down the line, judos.

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• RO

  @rodwoods2108 · 5 years ago

  Been there and had no idea where the mine was.  Cool video, good info.  Gold dropped as low as 270 or so in late 1990's.  It is interesting country.

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  @goldbunny1973 · 7 years ago

  If I had TV at home I'd probably never have watched this but I stumbled upon it it was a really good piece of historical documentary-making.

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  @jaywillow9927 · 7 years ago

  You are the man Glen. I'm a guy who DREAMS of mining gold and I sit back DREAMING up equipment to build. I sit back and google sheets of metal, I google the cost of 30 foot long steel barrels made of 1/2 inch steel, and I google heavy equipment. I literally build a goldmine in my head. I sit back and in my head think of the bench I found to mine, how I'm gonna sluice the pay pile after I dug a huge hole the size of an acre, and think of the machine and where I'm going to set it up. My best bet for a sluiceplant is a trommel  that I build out of a 30 foot long piece of steel (pipe).  I'd cut out sections of the pipe and fabricate punchplates out of steel sheets that are easily replaceable. Then I'd set the barrel on truck axles and have a differential on ONE axle to spin the barrel. To make enough traction I'd put a axle on top that presses that barrel down tight against the other axles/tires. Then all you'd  have to do is put a motor to drive the differential and yopu have a spinning trommel. Carry a spare engine so if the one broke down you have a spare. Then instead of hunting down a bearing and steel wheel, I'd be hunting a truck tire that went flat.My other idea would be a Rossbox type plant. Throw ALL the material thru a flume that's about 15 foot long and have three screens stacked on top of each other. The 1/8 inch material would fall to the bottom. Above that 1/8 inch screen, a half inch screen would be in place. Above that screen, a 1 inch screen would be in place. so anything 1/8 inch and smaller would run thru a sluice. Anything 1/8" to 1/2" would run thru it's sluice. Anything 1/2 to 1" would run thru 16 feet of Clarkson Riffles. Anything 1" to 2" would run thur boil boxes and enlarged Clarkson Riffles. I think 2 inch tall by 1 inch wide angle iron spaced 2.5 or 3 inches apart would kick out the worthless heavy rocks and the heavy nuggets would fall.

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  @jimwilleford6140 · 6 years ago

  I loved your sense of responsibility for not only reclamation but improved elevations for building or other uses down the line, kudos!

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  @enemyofmyenemy6713 · 5 years ago

  born & raised in  Oregon no other place for me ! great info & video

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  @toddlecher4097 · 7 years ago

  BORN AND RAISED IN BEAUTIFUL OREGON 40 YEARS, I COULDNT LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE

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• UN

  @unsilencedman · 8 years ago

  That was so very interesting. My great uncle (Bless his soul) was an old timer here in Canada and he never seen gold like this I&apos;m sure. I recently decided to take up prospecting like him because of my unemployment. I hope I can get to see just one nugget like those ones. Love that you all cared so much for the land and ecosystem too!<br>Good job to you 5 and hope that you have a peaceful retirement!

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• AK

  @akaeldin · 8 years ago

  man i would like the plans to build a smaller one, very nice video.

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• RO

  @Rockhounding-with-Bigfoot · 8 years ago

  old school and still cool!

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  @richardbeee · 5 years ago

  So cool.

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