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Mostly a gold-rich bed of rock.

To be economic a gold mine is highly automated and processes hundreds of tonnes of rock to produce each gramme of gold.

Far easier to pan for it in a river (or use Mercury extraction as is being used in many tropical rivers at the moment, and killing everything in the area at the same time).

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It depends on what type of mining that you are engaging in. Most small scale miners carry gold pans, shovel, pry bars, hammer, chisel,sluice box,dredge and assorted small hand tools (such as tweezers or an ice pick). It helps to have a classifier sieve and 5 gallon buckets as well. You should bring vials to put your gold in as well.

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