Most prospectors spend their time looking for placer gold. These are the solid pieces of gold that have eroded from a vein and have formed in a concentration. Most prospectors look for placer gold in creeks and rivers (although this isn’t the only place they are found). There’s a good reason for this. Placer gold […]
hard rock mining
Using Test Drilling to Sample Gold Deposits
Test drilling for gold is an important step in prospecting and eventually commercially mining for gold. Test drilling is done to get a continuous sample of the bedrock of a given gold project. The sample is then tested to determine if there is gold in the project area and to estimate the amount of gold […]