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Gold Prospecting

Requirements

1. Create a list of equipment used for gold panning. Describe each item and tell what it is used for. The list should include at least the following.

  • a. Gold Pan
  • b. Classifier
  • c. Snuffer Bottle
  • d. Shovel
  • e. Pick
  • f. Bucket
  • g. Trowel
  • h. Pry bar
  • i. Rock hammer
  • j. Crevice tool
  • k. Drinking water
  • l. Other possible items

2. Define the following:

  • a. Pay dirt
  • b. Quartz
  • c. Pyrite
  • d. Blond sands
  • e. Black sands
  • f. Placer
  • g. Lode
  • h. Nugget
  • i. Flake
  • j. Dust
  • k. specific gravity
  • l. Wet and Dry panning
  • m. Mercury (historical use) DO NOT USE TODAY
  • n. Troy pound
  • o. Troy ounce
  • p. Pennyweight (dwt)
  • q. Grain
  • r. Gold fever

3. What are the following identifying characteristics of gold.

  • a. Specific gravity
  • b. Color of streak
  • c. Color

4. Where are some good places on a river or stream to look for gold.

5. Make a timeline containing at least 15 items about the history of gold prospecting from 1600 until the present day, including the following rushes: California Gold Rush, Klondike/Yukon Gold Rush, Witwatersrand Gold Rush, and the Victorian Gold Rush.

6. Learn about gold panning by doing one of the following:

  • a. Do some gold panning. (Preferred)
  • b. Practice panning using flattened lead or tungsten shot mixed with sand (preferably from a river bank).

7. Look up the following verses in the Bible and discuss them in relation to prospecting for gold.

  • a. Matthew 13:44-46
  • b. Matthew 6:19-21

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Adapted from AY Honors/Gold Prospecting on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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