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Date Posted: 03:09:32 12/09/03 Tue
Author: jim straight
Subject: Re: Why red dirt is often a good place to find gold
In reply to: Reno Chris 's message, "Re: Why red dirt is often a good place to find gold" on 01:45:19 12/09/03 Tue

Due to hydrothermal alteration some red dirt may only contain a minor amount of "iron" and little or no gold.
I believe--- if memory serves me right, there is intense hydrothermal alteration and associated "red dirt" on Geiger
Grade.

Also, I think about 70-80 years ago some Colorado prospectors dug numerous shafts into such altered ground in the foothills below Peavine.(Back about 1952 I asked Dr. VP Gianella about the shafts on Peavine and he just laughed.) Then I realized my dad was also "suckered in" and had dug a 70+ foot shaft at Dutch John north of Pioche back in the early 1930's.

Incidentally, on a clear day with a good pair of binoculars
while at the Florida Canyon mine, Rye Patch is very visable.

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