0
Sometimes you can find gold by panning. This is called placer mining.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How do you get the gold nugget on poptropica on wild west island in the stream?
you trade a old saddle for a pan go to the stream and when you see gold click where the gold is
What places is best to pan for gold?
squishy spots in the stream. also shallow spots in the stream
Is a gold mine in a stream of water?
Placer gold (fine gold dust) can be recovered from river and stream beds, however, that is not the average gold mine. A large commecial gold mine uses explosives and heavy equipment to mine and crush rock, and the gold is chemically removed from the crushed rock.
What were at least 2 ways that found gold and collected gold?
you can either mine gold from the ground or pan it from a stream or river
Why did thousands of fortune-seekers stream to California in 1849?
Gold was discovered in Northern California
What kind of eggs does the stream walk have?
GO TO BERRY GOLD WATER THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER!
What is the mother load?
in gold mining you have 2 types of deposits. a placer deposit is gold that has eroded from a vein and been redeposited by water in a stream or river. a load deposit is gold still in place in the vein.when miners would find gold in a stream they would search for the load or vein that produced the placer deposit.since the load was where the gold came from its reffered to as the mother load.
Can you find gold in an unnatural stream?
Yes but it is very rare professionals can. I think it will be hard though.
Does real gold stick to magnet?
Gold is actually slightly repelled by a magnet, due to an effect called diamagnetism. Water, carbon, and bismuth are also repelled. Holding a strong magnet next to a thin stream of water shows this. A thin stream of molten gold would show the same effect.
How gold panning separates the gold from the other material?
Grains of gold and nuggets are heavy compared to the grit and small stones swirling in the pan. By swishing off the lighter debris in a stream of water, the heavier gold is left behind and can be carefully collected.
What causes siltation?
stream bank cultivation gold panning abantment of human inerference in the catment areas of rivers
When did mining in Nevada first start?
Mining starts in Nevada in 1849 with the discovery of gold in a stream of Carson River.
