In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe:
Aug 6, 2017 16:45:52 GMT 12
Post by RKC on Aug 6, 2017 16:45:52 GMT 12
G'day,
In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 2
The first gold mine we visited was the Cold Gold Mongolia LLC. Danny Walker, a New Zealand miner who married a bright and engaging Mongolian woman, hosted a very tasty lunch a wonderful tour. The couple has been alluvial mining since the turn of the century. They showed us the large piles of gold-containing dirt that large excavators dumped into screeners. This was the first level of separation of gold from soil. These excavators and screeners work 24 hour days during the mid-April to November mining season. Danny also took us down into a fifty-foot deep mining hole, where we could see just how far they had to mine in order to reach this darker gold-rich soil. On a good week, the net gold obtained was about 5 kilos, which is a small amount considering all the dirt processed.
ian.umces.edu/blog/2017/07/20/14944/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)
In the Footsteps of Gengis Khan in the Mongolian Steppe: Part 2
The first gold mine we visited was the Cold Gold Mongolia LLC. Danny Walker, a New Zealand miner who married a bright and engaging Mongolian woman, hosted a very tasty lunch a wonderful tour. The couple has been alluvial mining since the turn of the century. They showed us the large piles of gold-containing dirt that large excavators dumped into screeners. This was the first level of separation of gold from soil. These excavators and screeners work 24 hour days during the mid-April to November mining season. Danny also took us down into a fifty-foot deep mining hole, where we could see just how far they had to mine in order to reach this darker gold-rich soil. On a good week, the net gold obtained was about 5 kilos, which is a small amount considering all the dirt processed.
ian.umces.edu/blog/2017/07/20/14944/
Regards,
Rob (RKC)