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<blockquote data-quote="desert rat 2" data-source="post: 41862" data-attributes="member: 321"><p>Tim,</p><p> </p><p>Those aren't wells, they are holes that were used to haul material up out of underground mines. The ones at the cabin just down the way from there (Donald D. Kenney) are all covered up with bars now. Basically, they would use a winch to pull up a 55 gallon drum filled with dirt from way down deep. They were drywashing the material once they got it up to the surface. The way it works out there at Coolgardie is that there are multiple layers of Caliche as you dig down from the surface. The concentrations of gold are just above each layer of Caliche.</p><p> </p><p>The main winch hole at the Kenney site is actually at about a 45 degree angle, which probably made it a lot easier to drag the 55 gallon drum up out of the ground.</p><p> </p><p>Funny thing is that I have been by that cabin a hundred times, but never even thought to see if the door would open......</p><p> </p><p>Lots of snow this weekend. Interesting thing out there is that patches of snow will stay on the ground for a long time in the shaded north facing slopes. We were hitting snow patches out there two years ago up until May.</p><p> </p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="desert rat 2, post: 41862, member: 321"] Tim, Those aren't wells, they are holes that were used to haul material up out of underground mines. The ones at the cabin just down the way from there (Donald D. Kenney) are all covered up with bars now. Basically, they would use a winch to pull up a 55 gallon drum filled with dirt from way down deep. They were drywashing the material once they got it up to the surface. The way it works out there at Coolgardie is that there are multiple layers of Caliche as you dig down from the surface. The concentrations of gold are just above each layer of Caliche. The main winch hole at the Kenney site is actually at about a 45 degree angle, which probably made it a lot easier to drag the 55 gallon drum up out of the ground. Funny thing is that I have been by that cabin a hundred times, but never even thought to see if the door would open...... Lots of snow this weekend. Interesting thing out there is that patches of snow will stay on the ground for a long time in the shaded north facing slopes. We were hitting snow patches out there two years ago up until May. Mike [/QUOTE]
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