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Re: Some Derelicts, up on the bank
« on: July 20, 2025, 06:22:28 pm »
Quote from: Jim on July 20, 2025, 06:08:23 pm
The gold recovery must have been huge, they put a lot of effort and investment into those dredges.

Indeed!

Some of the original claims were mind-bogglingly rich, to the point where much of the Klondike is now still being profitably mined for the third and fourth times, essentially going through much of the same dirt! I didn't have much trouble finding a little bit of gold, and that with just a few pan samples!

As seen in this other thread, here:

https://www.officeofsteamforum.com/off-topic/fifteen-years-ago-today/
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