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IMPORTANT: KEEP SLIDES SPACIOUS AND SIMPLE -Review the information in the Unit 5 module about simplicity of PowerPoint. Convert the words on each slide to short phrases (2 to 4 words for each bullet point), so that you follow the 7x7 rule. -Slide 3: AVOID displaying entire quotes word-for-word, unless they are quite short. (the quote on slide 5 is OK) -Slides 7,8 & 9 are too crowded. Reduce the long points to a few words. example: -wide-mouth; -set into river GRAPHICS -Can you add a diagram of a sluice box?

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IMPORTANT: KEEP SLIDES SPACIOUS AND SIMPLE-Review the information in the Unit 5 module about simplicity of PowerPoint. Convert the words on each slide to short phrases (2 to 4 words for each bullet point), so that you follow the 7x7 rule.

-Slide 3: AVOID displaying entire quotes word-for-word, unless they are quite short. (the quote on slide 5 is OK)

-Slides 7,8 & 9 are too crowded. Reduce the long points to a few words. example: -wide-mouth; -set into river

GRAPHICS-Can you add a diagram of a sluice box?

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PROSPECTING Presented by

Andrew L. Johnson

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Prospecting: different forms that anyone can use!

Panning And

Sluice Boxes

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What is Panning? Definition: looking for gold by hand

Soil is “gently agitated… gold sinks to the bottom...

Materials with low specific gravity spill out

Materials with a high specific gravity sink to the bottom”

http://www.mine.mn/Gold_Pan.htm

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How to Pan for GoldWater-dirt ratio

Panning techniques: vary

Objective: clean rocks from sediment/dirt

Ideal: square of water

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Location State regulated

In streams and rivers

“Where the trout is that’s where the gold is” (Sam from Armadillo Mining Co.)

Black sand

Behind big rocks

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Safety Water :

Never go alone Be aware of rapids … sink holes … flashfloods … quickly moving

water … first aid kit

Mountaineering:

Never go alone Bring food … sunscreen … water … personal protection … first aid kit

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Sluice box What is a sluice box?

Wide mouth set into the river

This concentrates the gold

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Flow of the river

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How does a sluice box work?

Construction:

Miners moss

Riffles: low spots in the flow pressure

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Process/steps 1. classify (sort) soil

2. Place into river

3. Manage water flow

4. Place soil mixture into sluice box

5. Afterwards, place into bucket for panning

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Why and when to use sluice box:

State regulations vary

Use to simplify work

Saves hours of work by hand

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Geodek. (1994). Gold ore. In U.S.A.

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Conclusion Gold panning: fun outdoor activity!

Any age can do it!

Easy to learn!

Great family activity!

Give it a try!

And… you might hit the mother lode!!!

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Happy Panning!

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Works Cited Geodek. (1994). Gold ore. In U.S.A.

Gold panning. (2013, April 04). Retrieved from http://www.mine.mn/Gold_Pan.htm

Gold ore [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://mamasminerals.com/products/Gold-Ore.html

Hill, M. (2012). Diving and digging for gold. Happy Camp: Naturegraph.

Sam. (2013, April 12). Interview by A. L. Johnson []. Prospecting.