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Post by vegasjames on May 12, 2019 5:36:17 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 12, 2019 11:53:19 GMT -5
Oh man, that would be awesome for hounding. No packing rocks back out on your back!
I think you should buy one!  |
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Post by vegasjames on May 12, 2019 16:29:52 GMT -5
Oh man, that would be awesome for hounding. No packing rocks back out on your back!
I think you should buy one! I am thinking seriously about getting one at some point. Will be getting some rather large pieces from a couple of mines and have been trying to figure out how I can get them down from the mines. |
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cosmetal
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since September 2018
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Post by cosmetal on May 12, 2019 17:35:47 GMT -5
Oh man, that would be awesome for hounding. No packing rocks back out on your back!
I think you should buy one! I am thinking seriously about getting one at some point. Will be getting some rather large pieces from a couple of mines and have been trying to figure out how I can get them down from the mines. "how I can get them down from the mines." Roll them down the hill?  Sorry . . . I had to do it!  James |
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Post by vegasjames on May 12, 2019 18:06:27 GMT -5
I am thinking seriously about getting one at some point. Will be getting some rather large pieces from a couple of mines and have been trying to figure out how I can get them down from the mines. "how I can get them down from the mines." Roll them down the hill?  Sorry . . . I had to do it!  James This is one of the pieces I want to get out intact as much as possible. The whole vein is about 9 feet long and the middle is about 4 inches thick and hard. So I expect it to weigh about 300-600 pounds for what I hope to get out intact.
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Post by toiv0 on May 12, 2019 18:14:12 GMT -5
"how I can get them down from the mines." Roll them down the hill? Sorry . . . I had to do it! James This is one of the pieces I want to get out intact as much as possible. The whole vein is about 9 feet long and the middle is about 4 inches thick and hard. So I expect it to weigh about 300-600 pounds for what I hope to get out intact.
So will that be a specimen or working material. If working material I would take a gas concrete saw up and slice it up. a 9 ft rock depending might be a ton or more a 3x3x3 ft rock is around 3000 lbs. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 12, 2019 21:05:39 GMT -5
This is one of the pieces I want to get out intact as much as possible. The whole vein is about 9 feet long and the middle is about 4 inches thick and hard. So I expect it to weigh about 300-600 pounds for what I hope to get out intact.
Holy Cannoli!
That is a gorgeous looking vein. I think the price of that cart is worth it for all the hounding you do. It will save your back, too. I know you do a lot of hounding by yourself. It would definitely be beneficial.
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Post by vegasjames on May 12, 2019 22:24:43 GMT -5
This is one of the pieces I want to get out intact as much as possible. The whole vein is about 9 feet long and the middle is about 4 inches thick and hard. So I expect it to weigh about 300-600 pounds for what I hope to get out intact.
So will that be a specimen or working material. If working material I would take a gas concrete saw up and slice it up. a 9 ft rock depending might be a ton or more a 3x3x3 ft rock is around 3000 lbs. I won't get all 9 feet out intact but hoping to get at least 6 feet of it intact to make one very large polished slab. I am ordering a gas powered rotary hammer drill to knock out the limonite above it and the feldspar below it. Have several three pound pieces and polished one up. Polishes up really nice. |
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quartz
Cave Dweller 
breakin' rocks in the hot sun
Member since February 2010
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Post by quartz on May 12, 2019 23:23:40 GMT -5
Jax might like it too.
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Post by vegasjames on May 13, 2019 0:22:46 GMT -5
She has a necklace made of it.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 13, 2019 0:36:11 GMT -5
I want the ride on version...
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Post by vegasjames on May 13, 2019 1:18:23 GMT -5
I want the ride on version... Just buy a tank. |
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Post by fernwood on May 13, 2019 5:50:53 GMT -5
Nice looking find.
The necklace is beautiful.
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Post by Rockindad on May 13, 2019 6:25:42 GMT -5
I want the ride on version... Just buy a tank. The tank would eliminate your need for the gas powered hammerdrill also . Probably also eliminate the chance of getting a six foot piece as well. Al |
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Post by greig on May 13, 2019 13:30:08 GMT -5
Good luck getting a large rock into that crawler. My suggestion instead would be to pull an ATV on a tilt trailer to the site and then hook the ATV to the trailer. Use the winch on the ATV (with chains) to pull the rock onto the trailer. At least, that would be my approach.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 13, 2019 16:28:43 GMT -5
The tank would eliminate your need for the gas powered hammerdrill also . Probably also eliminate the chance of getting a six foot piece as well. Al But officer, it's a depleted uranium remote jackhammer... |
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Post by vegasjames on May 13, 2019 16:45:56 GMT -5
Good luck getting a large rock into that crawler. My suggestion instead would be to pull an ATV on a tilt trailer to the site and then hook the ATV to the trailer. Use the winch on the ATV (with chains) to pull the rock onto the trailer. At least, that would be my approach. I have considered an ATV but an ATV will not make it to the one mine I want to bring a big stone down from. Will have to slide it down to the base of the tailings then figure out the rest of the way to the truck from there. The one with the vein I may possibly be able to get an ATV up to the mine but not a sled. |
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Post by vegasjames on May 13, 2019 19:19:08 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 13, 2019 19:55:23 GMT -5
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