Swapping the hole for the Bush - My life will change

I have never really been into prospecting So cant really help you although I was cruising around Higgensville last night - Reckon there might still be a bit of gold around pinjin. Ben Spoon and I were out there a while back and some of those creeks look worthwhile panning or walking down with a detector. Known gold area I reckon there is still a bit out there. Where I will be working at nullagine is a known gold area with them in the advanced stages (apparently) of proving up some resources

Hmmm,,,,,,,,,,working around Nullagine eh! In the advanced stages of development eh!! Proving up resources eh!

That would have to be Wedgetail Exploration??

They've got some of my old leases now. Mine were around the old Bartons stamper and west of there.

Have a drive out to the Bartons if ya get a chance, Davoe. I seem to remember it was 16 head stamper - that's a big stamper battery. The timbers in it are massive and must have gotten to the Pilbara from down the south of W.A. 'cos there's no straight trees that big up there!

I'll be up there for winter I reckon, once I get this Nissan Chev sorted.

Good luck Davoe,

Bilbo

Nope www.nw-resources.com.au

That'd be around Beatons Creek, Chinese Wall then?

Go have a look at Bartons anyway. It's about 20 kms east along Skull Springs Road. Let me know if the camping shack is still there, along with a supply of new 20 year old tea, noodles, canned food and two camp beds!

Spent some good nights there!

Bilbo

Nah, wrong again!

Looks like Blue Spec - gold/antimony and gold/arsenic area. Good gold assays but a real PIA to refine that stuff into payable gold.

The heavy metals clog up the carbon/cyanide circuits, giving a much reduced yield. But perhaps they plan on using bio-technology for extraction.

Who cares - it's a great place to spend winter and a darn site better than Coolgardie at that time of year.

Ahhh - Nullagine,,,,,,,,,,,tropical bars, exotic food, night clubs,all that shopping fer SWMBO, lattes in the winter sunshine, he,he,he!

Good luck, Dave.

A new prospecting invention that covers a lot of ground real quick eh ? Detector on both diffs ?? :))))))

Bilbo, your mention of those places caused me to pull out that fascinating old book "gold in the blood" by James Doughty. In 1937 he was tool sharpening at Wiluna then packed up wife and kids and headed to Nullargine camping and working Conns Gully, Five Mile etc.
Didn't pick up the actual date, but about '39 was running the tool shop at Blue Spec.
A great read and some excellent pics. in the book, his A mod. Ford truck a classic! One photo shows every house in Nullargine (11)
And good luck in the new job Davoe
kesh

LOL!!!

It was an extremely tough descision as I was also offered a job at the same time for 12.5 grand more than I am currently on but 6.5k less than the job I took. This job was offering 8/6/7/7 wher as the one I took is 2/1. Tough call but I ended up choosing more money and resposability over working barely 1/2 the year

Good luck! Hope it all works out good for you.

Brian

Sometime around the start of next month TBA. Fun begins now. Off to Perth this W/end house hunting then theres the selling the moving etc. My Holiday through the Gascoyne and Pilbara is now on hold. I guess sometime you have to choose what is best over what is fun, especially at my age. I at least got them to agree to flights to and from Kal while moving and also relocation assistance.
While i love living in kal I dont want to own my house there when the Superpit closes down or Gold takes a tumble. It has always been a boom bust town and now it is booming with houses in my house price range not making it to home open

when i went from exploration to underground the post was swaping the bush for a hole and i got a simular reply to this that is why I thought I would use the same style now I am going back to exploration