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The first pic is my dredging buddy digging between two large boulders. When the creek is running in flood stage large boulders create low pressure areas that can cause heavy things like gold to drop out of the current.
The second pic is a view from the rear of the dredge. We use a decent sized rock to provide ballast and counter the weight of the engine. Later once the sluice fills with heavy black sand the rock goes back into the creek.
The third pic is the sluice box after we shut down for the day. The large pile of rocks behind the dredge are its "tailings" When we started there was about 15" of water where that pile now stands.
The fourth pic is a view of the black sands that the sluice box has caught. The riffels are lifted exposing the rows of black sand on the miner's moss. The miner's moss is a loose weave mat that helps trap heavy particles while lighter stuff washes back into the creek.
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90 300TE 4-M
Turbo 103, T3/T04E 50 trim
T04B cover .60 AR
Stage 3 turbine .63 AR
A2W I/C, 40 LB/HR
MS2E, 60-2 Direct Coil Control
3" Exh, AEM W/B O2
Underdrive Alt. and P/S Pulleys,
Vented Rear Discs, .034 Booster.
3.07 diffs 1st Gear Start
90 300CE 104.980
Milled & ported head, 10.3:1 compression
197° intake cam w/20° advancer
Tuned CIS ECU
4° ignition advance
PCS TCM2000, built 722.6
600W networked suction fan
Sportline sway bars
V8 rear subframe, Quaife ATB 3.06 diff
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