Gold Rush - Jungle Gold

[HoppyDaze]

Has Toad recovered anything from Quartz Creek this year? At what point does that crew just start hand panning all the soil they've stockpiled since their "prototype" trommel is obviously not recovering the gold being put into it.

I've been wondering that this whole time. If it were me I'd be panning all day instead of sitting around and pouting. You know those tailings from that crap trommel are full of gold

 

[Gear101]

I bet Todd pulls "Little Blue or Old Blue" wash plant back out!

 

[Airplanedoc]

I've been wondering that this whole time. If it were me I'd be panning all day instead of sitting around and pouting. You know those tailings from that crap trommel are full of gold

Toads crew prefers to drive around in the haul trucks naked remember. Too bad his investor didn't show up that day.

This season can pretty much be summed up just the same as the last 2. Without Dave Turin Toad is a failure.

 

[aygov]

I just had to laugh. Here toad ripped out a working wash plant because it was blowing gold out to the sluice only to shutdown for a month so he could replace it with one that does almost the exact same thing...

I too have wondered why they aren't just trucking dirt from quartz to indian river. They could run dirt night and day then with no worry about exhausting a cut before a new one was open.

 

[Airplanedoc]

I too have wondered why they aren't just trucking dirt from quartz to indian river. They could run dirt night and day then with no worry about exhausting a cut before a new one was open.

Neither of the hoffman operations has equipment to move material or overburden long distances. For that they would need a haul truck, or at the very least an articulated truck like Parker has. With our knowing specifically, there could also be road restrictions, I would doubt their roads are suitable for hauling high weights repeatedly over them. Even if it were just a matter of crossing a highway the state would probably shut down the operation. There is also a matter of cost a small haul truck burns 20+ gal/hr

 

[aygov]

Neither of the hoffman operations has equipment to move material or overburden long distances. For that they would need a haul truck, or at the very least an articulated truck like Parker has. With our knowing specifically, there could also be road restrictions, I would doubt their roads are suitable for hauling high weights repeatedly over them. Even if it were just a matter of crossing a highway the state would probably shut down the operation. There is also a matter of cost a small haul truck burns 20+ gal/hr

That is true. I'd imagine their is some sort of licensing involved with such an endeavor....

"On the next episode of Gold Rush Toad enlists his idle Quartz Creek crew to dig a tunnel from Quartz Creek to Indian River..."

 

[usfmikeb]

Neither of the hoffman operations has equipment to move material or overburden long distances. For that they would need a haul truck, or at the very least an articulated truck like Parker has. With our knowing specifically, there could also be road restrictions, I would doubt their roads are suitable for hauling high weights repeatedly over them. Even if it were just a matter of crossing a highway the state would probably shut down the operation. There is also a matter of cost a small haul truck burns 20+ gal/hr

Its only a couple miles between sites, they can transport with existing equipment.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Its only a couple miles between sites, they can transport with existing equipment.

I spent several years in the mining equipment industry, its not economically feasible to use a loader to haul dirt, if it was mines the world over would not purchase haul trucks. Look at clips of Tony Beets mine, he is using a fleet of haul trucks to feed his wash plant and he isn't leaving his claim, the articulated trucks Toad is using are small and primarily used for slippery/steep and unimproved surface they are ideally suited for situations such as where Dave almost lost the dozer over the side of the shelf, not for hauling large quantities any distance. The turn around time is simply too long for the limited quantity they can haul. They weren't even keeping up with Toads wash plant, no way they could add a 5 mile round trip, load and dump time, and be able to feed Dave's plant for a shift. Yes you would get some gold, but your economics of doing it just aren't there with the equipment he has.

 

[usfmikeb]

Okay...

 

[Ryush806]

Okay...

Okay? Rebuttal? Or was that an 'I give up'? I wanna see some 'Merits of Hauling Paydirt with Small Articulated Trucks' debate action!

 

[+HopSpunge+]

Ok - correct, permissable, or acceptable; meeting standards.

 

[usfmikeb]

Ok - correct, permissable, or acceptable; meeting standards.

This is what I meant.

 

[Ryush806]

Booooring! Haha jk. Back to the making fun of Toad!

 

[Gear101]

I still don’t understand why Todd has yet to get a drill, like Tony says “drill holes drill holes drill holes”. Even if they could not use it for the whole year, they could turn around and least It to other calm owners or other mining teams.

 

[Darwin18]

I still don’t understand why Todd has yet to get a drill, like Tony says “drill holes drill holes drill holes”. Even if they could not use it for the whole year, they could turn around and least It to other calm owners or other mining teams.

I'm not familiar with the regulations where Toad is but in NC you need to be licensed with the state to operate a drill rig. A small track mounted geoprobe rig goes for $50 - $100 K. I'm guessing that since Toad couldn't get a workable trommel at Quartz Creek, he probably couldn't handle a drill rig.

 

[aygov]

I'm not familiar with the regulations where Toad is but in NC you need to be licensed with the state to operate a drill rig. A small track mounted geoprobe rig goes for $50 - $100 K. I'm guessing that since Toad couldn't get a workable trommel at Quartz Creek, he probably couldn't handle a drill rig.

I don't doubt that you need to be licensed to operate one. That's why we've seen on a few occasions them hiring a guy to come in and drill test holes.

TBH I think not drilling test holes is for TV. On the last "Behind the Scenes" episode where they had Tony Beets on he showed how he did test holes with his chart and map of drill holes showing how much gold came out of each hole. Using that he could pretty reliable predict how much gold they would get out of a cut. This goes against the Discovery formula of "Will Toad get 1000 ounces?!?! Tune in next week for toad possibly hitting the mother load or possibly going bust!" Having it laid out that we'll get X amount of gold from this land deflates all the drama Discovery tries to inject into the series.

 

[Gear101]

Think of the drill more in these terms, if someone took an operator, a laborer and a gold recovery specialist, manned the drill with those three people, they could drill 5 holes a day (which might be low) at 500usd per hole for 4 days a week. That would be 20 holes a week and 10k gross and/or 40k a month for 4 months or 160k per season. And Todd still has yet to get one to use for the first couple weeks on his own claim.

 

[HoppyDaze]

I'll see Todd on the river here in a few weeks. Anything you guys want me to yell at him from my boat?

 

[+HopSpunge+]

Get a real trommel Toad!!!!!!!!

 

[usfmikeb]

I'll see Todd on the river here in a few weeks. Anything you guys want me to yell at him from my boat?

Take Management 101 at Univ of Oregon, Todd!

 

[HoppyDaze]

let's shoot for something goatee related ...

 

[usfmikeb]

let's shoot for something goatee related ...

If you had listened to your goatee, maybe you would have fixed Big Blue...

 

[Airplanedoc]

Take Management 101 at Univ of Oregon, Todd!

I'm not sure that would do any good. There are chiefs and there are indians. Toad is clearly not a chief, he just thinks he is one.

His guys even know it, the best of his crew jumped ship and went with Dave, he should have got a message.

 

[usfmikeb]

let's shoot for something goatee related ...

ZZ Top ain't hiring, so you better figure out how to be a better miner.

 

[usfmikeb]

let's shoot for something goatee related ...

Know what the difference is between a goat and your goatee? A goat would have known to keep Big Blue until the new plant was on site and actually working.

 

[evolcoms]

/\ +1

 

[Gear101]

I'm still hoping Parker hits it big!

 

[Airplanedoc]

Retodd will hose this up yet. As long as he lets Dave run the show now they will be fine.

Fred and Dustin are in the clear, so Now its up to Parker to pull the show thru.

 

[aygov]

With the crews merged I think toad's influence is marginalized. They're mining in dave's house so unless toad decides to pull rank they should do alright.

Of course this means toad will come up with some hair brained idea to keep the drama up.

 

[Airplanedoc]

Toad will probably try to sell Dave's wash plant.