Discussion
DocJock said:
The gold deposits tend to accumulate in river beds, so they are not hard to flood. I presume they just follow the course of the river/creek.
That's my understanding too, and if you consider how a valley forms, the river wears down the ground over a wide area over long periods of time, so there should be reasonable gold deposits either side of the current river. Those areas are easily floodable.youngsyr said:
DocJock said:
The gold deposits tend to accumulate in river beds, so they are not hard to flood. I presume they just follow the course of the river/creek.
That's my understanding too, and if you consider how a valley forms, the river wears down the ground over a wide area over long periods of time, so there should be reasonable gold deposits either side of the current river. Those areas are easily floodable.youngsyr said:
Maybe, but if he can pull out 300 Oz in a few days, why did the original dredges stop dredging?
I don't know for a fact but I'd imagine simple economics meant the return wasn't enough to justify the cost + required return.The price of gold now makes it viable to spend loads on recommissioning when previously it didn't - or nobody has the size of balls as Tony.
Yeah think its a combo of Gold Price and Diesel Costs
Tony can run the dredge with 2-3 people and thats it, the only diesel you are using is what powers the dredge
Compare and Contrast even the smallest other operations are using at least a Rock Truck, Dozer, Excavator, Water Pumps, Plus the plant itself (I am sure now I have missed something)
Tonys profit per yard is much higher than a non dredge (ignoring his outlay in the first place on the dredge)
Tony can run the dredge with 2-3 people and thats it, the only diesel you are using is what powers the dredge
Compare and Contrast even the smallest other operations are using at least a Rock Truck, Dozer, Excavator, Water Pumps, Plus the plant itself (I am sure now I have missed something)
Tonys profit per yard is much higher than a non dredge (ignoring his outlay in the first place on the dredge)
Zad said:
Another reason Parker's mine is better than the Hoffman's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UqhV3O--kE
And just in case you didnt love Parker's gf enough already....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UqhV3O--kE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEUePaziSBE
If he wasnt famous and didnt have a multi-million pound gold mining operation, Im not sure he would have stood a chance...
"So what first attracted you ti millionaire Paul Daniels?..."
He won't always be a gold miner for half the year, and he will probably have quite a nice mini-celeb popularity afterwards. It wouldn't surprise me if he retired when the show finishes. Without their free trucks etc it wouldn't be a massively profitable thing to do. All that hard work for a modest return, and you already have millions in the bank.
He won't always be a gold miner for half the year, and he will probably have quite a nice mini-celeb popularity afterwards. It wouldn't surprise me if he retired when the show finishes. Without their free trucks etc it wouldn't be a massively profitable thing to do. All that hard work for a modest return, and you already have millions in the bank.
Sway said:
I don't know. Not like he's cash rich or living a flash lifestyle.
May be a factor, but I reckon if she was after money she'd be able to find someone better looking with more cash and a much greater standard of living for 8 months of the year!
Oh come on.... May be a factor, but I reckon if she was after money she'd be able to find someone better looking with more cash and a much greater standard of living for 8 months of the year!
He's on holiday in Australia, and meets some girl on the beach...
'What do you do for a living?'
'Oh, Im a gold miner who's got his own TV series'
'Welllllll hello, Im Ashleigh, nice to meet you'
He's hardly Brad Pitt in the looks department.
youngsyr said:
cpt_unsensible said:
Tony's dredge is productive in using less fuel and fewer staff, but I think the gold is coming from having the best ground he has kept for himself rather then lease it out to someone like Parker.
Maybe, but if he can pull out 300 Oz in a few days, why did the original dredges stop dredging?Gold it very hard to store and transport safely. It np outlying just sits in bank vaults and safes. People buy gold and never see what they've bought, as it ramiains in the vaults of the bank that sold it,
Today it has many more uses, such as the electronics industry.
We have far more gold stored in safes than we ever need to make use of. If you flooded the market with it, no one would want to wear it as jewellery.
These high value commodities need careful managing. Diamonds for instance, a global cartel of manufacturers and lots and lots of bulls
t keep the value high. Diamonds have very little use of themselves. shelf1985 said:
The bet has gone quiet hasnt it, “ gold rush white water” on now too following the dakota boys worth a watch, interesting so far.
Seems to be a lot of gold there for the taking but getting it is quite a challenge. One big cloudburst and those guys have serious problems.I thought that last week Todd was going to get smacked in the mush by his lad. I wonder what Todd actually does, other than telling everyone they are wrong and shouting "SHUDDIDOFFF" before driving up in increasingly large vehicles to support his increasingly PH-director frame.
Neglecting the fake-arguments-for-TV Parker is looking increasingly competent and efficient, and he clearly knows more than all Todd's team (with one exception). I suspect he could make a decent profit even without the huge TV subsidy. He made more out of a small patch of forgotten pay than Todd's mob made in a month.
I guess the Beets' new dredge isn't going to be up and running this year.
Neglecting the fake-arguments-for-TV Parker is looking increasingly competent and efficient, and he clearly knows more than all Todd's team (with one exception). I suspect he could make a decent profit even without the huge TV subsidy. He made more out of a small patch of forgotten pay than Todd's mob made in a month.
I guess the Beets' new dredge isn't going to be up and running this year.
Still cant get my head around the numbers banded around re the new dredge and the amount of effort its taking.
Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
shelf1985 said:
Still cant get my head around the numbers banded around re the new dredge and the amount of effort its taking.
Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
He made a replacement bucket line for his first dredge. I agree that it would probably be cheaper just to make one from scratch.Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
frisbee said:
shelf1985 said:
Still cant get my head around the numbers banded around re the new dredge and the amount of effort its taking.
Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
He made a replacement bucket line for his first dredge. I agree that it would probably be cheaper just to make one from scratch.Surely its just a load of lintels bolted together and cladded with a motor bolted in and bucket line which could be diy’d probably better and newer for a fraction of the cost and effort.
I can’t believe how big the clean ups are these days. The target in the first season was 100oz iirc. And a few years ago 1000oz was a good season. Now 100oz is a couple of days and 1000oz is 4-5 weeks.
It would be interesting to see how much profit the 3 crews make per season. I guess Tony’s crew would make the most as they own the land.
It would be interesting to see how much profit the 3 crews make per season. I guess Tony’s crew would make the most as they own the land.
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