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back at the wash plant the culvert pipe
is fixed
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I think that was that Nate this looks a
lot better with water pressure back up
mud shouldn't clog the sluice box we are
good to go guys we are good to go just
give me a minute let me watch here
the whole time anybody
I started build-up again
it's just not cleaning it up
Jilla Chris so down
look how dirty it is look at this we're
shut down for the day and I know the
next question to be what do you think of
that well so it's a bunch of right now
you know this sucks you know it's it's
taking the food away from our freakin
families it just sucks that's all there
is to it
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water pressure is ruled out as the
culprit so Dave turns his attention to
the pay dirt he's feeding into the wash
plant
he's hoping historical maps can shed
more light on the land around how he's
cut it's always a mystery where the
old-timers went and I don't know why
they left this little wedge for us it's
clear they didn't mind that it's quite
interesting I don't understand why
millions of years ago goldrich sediments
at just below the drum lemon load and
was washed down onto this plateau
forming what's called an alluvial fan in
the late 19th century the area was
extensively mined but the three acres of
Howie's cut was left untouched by the
old-timers and now Dave's worried
there's a reason why to see the way I'm
getting gravel and then I'm getting our
false bedrock with the pay dirt now
exposed in the creek Dave is looking for
clues as to why the wash plant is
clogged with mud this is our first cut
we're trying to figure the ground out
every piece of ground you're ever on is
different see these little channels
these are the channels that the gold
will be in but look at that
a sticky clay gold will not go through
that this clay doesn't run through the
plant it's crap it's terrible for our
wash plant God dang it