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Rob and Allan from THE GOLD ANGLE

Attention

Lynn R.: I sent your package off this morning, Tuesday, 27th. The postmaster said it would take three to five days for you to get it. Rob and Allan would like to know what you find.
 Rob is sure you should find at the very least a few flakes. ... LNP

From Rob and Allan

Rob and Allan would like to know how hobby gold prospecting is going for you in your part of the world. The river is high and cold in Oregon and fish eggs need to be protected. Comment Please

The Talk is...

GOLD PRICES G O I N G DOWN! What have you heard? Comment Please

Request for Pay Dirt

I'm sorry we are all out of the free pay dirt samples. Thank you for asking HK from India.

Press and Blog Master for THE GOLD ANGLE

TALKING GOLD

Just how much gold has been mined since records have been kept, or guesses made? According to Compressed Air Magazine around 89,000 tons.  And where is this gold? Well again, Compressed Air Magazine states that official institutions and monetary authorities own the majority. The rest of the gold is in jewelry, thirty percent and 11 percent held by private parties.

While researching the Gold Rush 1849 I  read that keeping records of the gold was nonexistent for several years. So much of these numbers are just educated guesses. Oh, well at least we have a vague idea. 

I wonder if the gold wedding ring on my finger has been counted? Think I should tell them?

WINNER, WINNER, WINNER

WE HAVE A WINNER FOR THE BAG OF PAY DIRT. 
If you wish to find the things that are different, just for fun, save the above photo to your computer so you can make it larger. (11 things that are different)

Here is what the winner won...

7 OUNCES of pay dirt from Rob and Allan's current prospecting spot.

New Youtube Video

 Get the scoop on vending machine gold. Click link to go to the latest video by this site's blog master Linda Newton-Perry


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJPcrjlCB40

Sorry Guys .

ALL OUT OF PAY DIRT FREE SAMPLES BUT THANKS FOR ASKING

Youtube Video You May Enjoy

 Roseburg gold "root fever" by Kevin Lansbury. The video is two and a half minutes long. He gets gold in the Umpqua running through Roseburg. Give it a look!
 Click to go ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfGcq8SMjwI

For FUN

 
This photo of Rob and Allan was made into this photo by using the site Funny.Pho.to

Youtube Video

 This video is a Youtube video of Linda Newton-Perry reading the information below on turning lead into gold. 
Click to go...
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uxTqwwrukI

GOLD FROM LEAD? YES, YES, YES,

^{HERE’S A FACT:}

^{GOLD HAS BEEN MADE FROM LEAD!}

^In 1980 the late chemist Glen T Seaborg turned atoms of bismuth, a type of lead, into gold. This happened at the Lawrence Berkeley,  Laboratory, Calif. Using nuclear physics he blasted the iron with ions of carbon and neon, which left gold.

Here’s the catch and the reason that gold is not being produced by the barrels. IT COSTS TOO MUCH! $10,000 (US) was needed for operating expenses to produce one billionth of a cent worth of gold. 

(The above information was gathered from Wikipedia and SCIENCE 80 MAGAZINE.)

About the Blog Master

Did the Area of Sutter's Mill Look Like This Old Photo?

The Start of the '49er Gold Rush

     The gold nugget above is the exact size of one of several that James W. Marshall found at Sutter's Mill that began the California Gold Rush. He found it in 1848. It took awhile for the news to travel east that gold was to be had with little effort. It wasn't long before a stream of gold prospectors lined the banks of several California rivers.

Those that got richest from the discovery were the ones that lived nearby or arrived in the area in 1848. It could take by ship as long as a year to get from New York to California.  (One ship that took a year was "the little steam packet Hartford.")

(This information, including photo of nugget, from the book, THE FORTY-NINERS by the editors of TIME-LIFE BOOKS with text by William Weber Johnson)

Interesting Fact

According to the book above and several books consulted for information for this site Rob and Allan most likely would not have been '49ers. Most men were much younger than these two (late forties). Although there were some that lived in the area and some made the trip from the east that were as old and older than Rob and Allan, but most found the work much too hard. If they stayed in the area, they found work other than prospecting.

IF I WERE A FORTY-NINER

If I were a '49er, I'd work my hands to the bone.
Why? So I could get back home!
... don't like working, working the river alone.
If I were a '49er, my fingers bled red
I'd dream of wife and bed
And children at my knee,
Waiting for California stories and California gold to see.

Written for THE GOLD ANGLE by
Linda Newton-Perry

A Youtube Video You May Enjoy

 FINDING GOLD-How to Open and work a crevice by Two Toes, 20 plus minutes
 Click link to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5nx1Q4nEQ

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT GOLD

 
1. The two countries producing the most gold are South Africa and the United States.

2.  One ounce of gold can be drawn out to 43 miles. 

Hard to believe right?

BACK TO THE PAST

     Let's say you are a California '49er. You managed to make your pile of gold. You're set for life.  Do you keep that rugged beard, or do you shave it off and begin again the routine of shaving every day. No need  to decide until you get within a day of home and family. But rumor has it that those that leave the whiskers are thought of, for a time anyway, as a hero. 

THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE, OR IS IT!

Picker

This picker just fell into Allan's highbanker. Allan and Rob were setting up when Allan caught the glint of gold on the black mat. We can only guess how excited they were to start their morning's work this way. "What will the rest of the day be like?" They must have been saying. To see their reaction when finding it click on the first Youtube link below.

COMMENTS APPRECIATED!

Humor

Above reads, CAR IN THE RIVER? DIDN'T HAPPEN!  JUST TRYING TO BE FUNNY!

FOUND A PICKER

Click link to take you to a new Youtube Video
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQGrqhPwP28

WHERE DO WE FILM?

ON THE RIVER ...

This guy has all the 'GOLD MOVES'!

What Site Are You ON?

THE GOLD ANGLE

New Link

CASCADE MOUNTAINS GOLD
A site you may enjoy. Click link to
go...
 
http://www.goldpannersguide.com/

GOLD HUNTING

Best to search for gold where it has been found in the past. THIS IS WHAT MANY EXPERTS TELL US! PLEASE COMMENT

Gold Rush

Tell us about your gold adventures. COMMENT

New Friend

http://armadillomining.com/

CLICK ABOVE LINK TO TAKE YOU TO THE SHOP

Great place to order or buy whatever you need for gold mining. Rob and Allan spent a few hours this last weekend at the shop. It gets a thumbs up from both guys.

About Illustration

 
ABOVE illustration is an abstracted photo of Rob's and Allan's gold in a blue gold pan. JUST SHARING BEAUTY. ... Comment Please

Video CHECKING OUT THEIR GOLD

CLICK LINK TO GO TO LATEST YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ROB AND ALLAN 'SHOWING YOU THEIR GOLD.'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTz55RLwgVs

History of Gold in Myrtle Creek

Enjoy this BLM article of gold in Myrtle Creek area. They say to find gold go where it's been found! CLICK LINK TO GO...

(Interesting fact: the Chinese were paid 25 cents a day to work digging ditches etc. and others were paid $2 a day. This during the heyday of gold mining in Douglas County, Myrtle Creek.)

https://www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg/recreation/chinaditch/history.php

More on Parker Schnabel

Click link to take you to the  short Youtube Video titled, THE OFFICIAL GOLD RUSH PANNING KIT INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO BY PARKER SCHNABEL
 (The same Schnabel featured on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZMowySFpQc

More Info on the Sourtoe Cocktail

 Click link to go to a review, scroll down, to the review that begins: "I didn't stay here, I just witnessed the Sourtoe Cocktail in the hotel's bar." Karen K
Yes it is a real toe and it seems people line up every night of tourist season to join the Sourtoe 
Cocktail club. 

(View  a photo of the toe at Karen's review)
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g154928-d185529-Reviews-Canadas_Best_Value_Inn_Downtown_Hotel-Dawson_City_Yukon.html#review_403865953

Of Interest:

 

 
In its latest issue ENTREPRENEUR  featured Parker Schnabel, but I found the information about the Dawson City  bar, The Downtown Hotel and its signature cocktail, the Sourtoe Cocktail even more interesting.  Well, nothing too remarkable about the name, but here's the thing, it had a shot of alcohol with, (following words from the article), "a frostbitten, dehydrated human toe plopped into it." What is more if you swallowed the toe, you were fined $2,500.
(Dawson City, with its 13 bars,  is the closest town to the mines where THE GOLD RUSH is filmed.)... Linda Newton-Perry, Blogmaster

All Out ...

 

All out of free paydirt samples. Thank you so much for participating. Hope you find a nice piece of gold in your little sack. We may do it again sometime. Thanks for coming to our site and please comment.

Short Youtube Video

 A PAST OUTING: Rob shows you the gold he got in four hours.
Click link to take you to the video. Share your gold experiences by commenting.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru1b0-SmsF0

COMMENT

PAYDIRT? SELLING IT?

In the future we may consider selling paydirt. At this time we are concentrating on staying legal with the complicated gold prospecting laws of Oregon.🙂

REMEMBER FREE SAMPLE OFFER?

These samples will be on their way soon to, (Allyns, Woodstock), (Randy, Valley Lake), (Jason, Conley), (Richardsville ByPass, Bowling Green), (Michael, Jerry Smith Rd.) ( Brandon D St) I left out the full addresses to protect the innocent!

sTAyiNg SAFE and leGAL in OREGON

... while HOBBY gold prospecting.  What is your plan? Let us know by commenting.

ROB AND ALLAN HOBBY PROSPECTING ON THE RIVER

 NEW VIDEO, CLICK LINK 
TO GO TO YOUTUBE VERSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RzPMDRNkE

Comment Please

WATCH FOR ROB AND ALLAN'S VIDEO FROM LAST WEEKEND'S SHORT GOLD PROSPECTING OUTING...BE OUT SOON
Photo below taken from that outing.

Gold Miners Killed

Click link below to take you to the article Remote Amazon tribe kills illegal gold miners: officials

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/remote-amazon-tribe-kills-illegal-gold-miners-officials/ar-AAktuJO?li=BBnb7Kz

Enjoy

COMMENT PLEASE

 

Working the River Past Outing

COMMENT YOUR GOLD ADVENTURES

Enjoy

It's Fun to See the

SPARKLE IN THE PAN!

Rob and Allan

YES YOU ARE LEGAL with the 600 Permit

To find out more, go to the 600 permit area of the linked page below.

I, Linda Perry, spoke to Kathy, DEQ, and Jim Billings, Portland. Billings is  head of the sort of prospecting you guys are doing. Wanting to get the information straight for the news program, I found that you guys, believe it or not, are doing everything okay. I even spoke to a State Police game trooper. The trooper would be the one who would check out any mining complaint. We talked about taking buckets  of water by hand out of the river for your circulating high banker. He said it was okay as long as fish eggs were not present, if they were then don't take water from river. (Eggs can be in the river from Sept 15-June/July.) Make sure the water seeps into the ground and does not run back into the river. Try to set up a good ways from the river so  not to bring on undue 'checking out' by the troopers.
THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO KNOW....LP

You must stay back from the high water mark of the river for digging, not on banks. 

And you will have to renew your 600 permit by Dec. 31, 2016.

Read about it on the link page above. 

http://www.deq.state.or.us/wq/wqpermit/mining.htm

Enjoy a few photos ...

We enjoy hearing from our readers/viewers. SO, COMMENT PLEASE.

Cold Time of the Year

Yes, it's cold. But the guys will prospect as long as they are lawfully  allowed.

Bits and Pieces of Past Outings

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsEVcn-V6u0

Sharing Photos

Click Link to go to New Youtube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7PdHeUFyuA

Prospecting

The guys put together a recirculating highbanker to stay within the law. The Youtube video will be up tomorrow. Hope you watch and do comment. 

A List

Click link to take you to a list of facts about gold you don't know. It's an interesting list, but some of the points we here at THE GOLD ANGLE question. This would be a good time not to believe everything you READ. (Smile)
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjDq5F9eRE

Rob and Allan of

Did you know...

to find a gold nugget is rarer than to find a fine diamond? That's what some say.

You are on ...

Bits and Pieces of Past Outings

Click link to go to another Gold Angle Youtube video: Gold You Got to Work For it.
Enjoy and Please Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-AJtSV_wKw

A New Bits and Pieces Video

Click link to take you to a new video of Rob and Allan:  "Gold Prospecting Stories to Tell."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j40bAvsiBMw

Staying Within Oregon's Prospecting Laws

Rob Perry and Allan Bennett diligently work to not break any of the myriad of laws concerning prospecting for gold in Oregon. They keep informed and strive to understand the complicated wording ... YOU GET THE POINT. COMMENT PLEASE. 

The Guys on the River ...

Dry vac on an Oregon river. They show you the GOLD!

Click link to go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TvTlTbNVo

Okay, Okay...

Here is some more Oregon gold that the guys, Rob Perry and Allan Bennett, recovered from an Oregon river.

GOLD IS TO BE HAD. THE PRICE? WORK FOR IT!

ABOVE PILE OF ROCKS

And this amount of gold.  Not bad!

"I enjoy working with my pal, Allan,  getting my feet wet and seeing the sparkle in the pan!" Rob Perry