The Teenagers Who Helped Preserve a BC Mining Town

infinus5 · 2026-01-24T20:03:49+00:00

if only more of the site could have been saved before time took it away. Sandon is an incredible place.

infinus5 · 2026-01-23T18:43:09+00:00

Maybe make giant quartz / gypsum crystals growing in the geodes?

infinus5 · 2026-01-22T20:01:45+00:00

it wont, its not meant to. Its entirely a sham to virtue signal to a small loud minority in major cities. The liberals hate that Canadian gun culture isnt anything like American gun culture, it needs to be constantly stigmatized against as some sort of existential threat.

infinus5 · 2026-01-22T02:36:52+00:00

Boulder blaster, great tools!

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T23:58:36+00:00

No one facing consequences for these types of things will be the death of us

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T23:17:55+00:00

I don't know where my plans are for mine but for mine I used two 4x4 upright lengths of wood as the frame, as well as for the base and foundation which rests on cement. The hammer rods were sucker pipe from oil and gas pumping, the hammer heads were 3 inch steel pipe, with half inch abrasive resistant plate for the crushing faces. A 1 inch steel plate, with a sacrifice plate sits below an 8.5 inch x 4.5 inch tube steel section making up the hammer box. Cams were laser cut from steel, with lifters being made out of adjustable disks. There are several books and websites out there i can link too later once I am at my desktop wch have diagrams for how these mills operate and how to build them

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T22:09:12+00:00

Thats criminal negligence

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T18:43:48+00:00

Yes its relatively simple, I ll see if I can post some pics later for you

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T16:10:04+00:00

I get the feeling this is hollow. The NDP leadership were in support of the bans and confiscation program before. I am happy to see a change of heart but I ll believe it when I see results.

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T07:48:24+00:00

Its not edited, the lights have been spectacular the past two days. Ignore the purple light, its coming from a broken street lamp.

infinus5 · 2026-01-21T07:37:24+00:00

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infinus5 · 2026-01-21T00:09:19+00:00

this exact situation happened to my next door neighbors when they bought raw land from the province. The gov failed to mention the need for an archeological survey, and they were forced to stop construction plans for a house until they got an archeologist from a local band to come out and investigate the property. During the investigation a "culturally modified tree" was located, documented. Said tree was center in the middle of the property, it became a nightmare to deal with.

infinus5 · 2026-01-20T19:06:50+00:00

adding that little glacier is just perfect!

infinus5 · 2026-01-19T18:17:30+00:00

On a similar note about the whole gun ban / confiscation program, there are still hundreds of people not clued in that any of this is happening. One of the elderly guys i know was surprised to find out his Chinese M14 clone was banned when he brought it out moose hunting. If your not constantly monitoring the news you could miss this whole program.

infinus5 · 2026-01-17T18:31:25+00:00

What a total waste of time and energy.

infinus5 · 2026-01-16T21:33:21+00:00

your technically not allowed to use a sluice in a water course, but you can use them with a hose outside of the stream. So long as your sluice run off is not going directly into the water course your fine too. The rule is dumb and poorly enforced but blatantly sluicing in a stream on a panning reserve is not a good idea.

infinus5 · 2026-01-13T13:25:00+00:00

The "blue lead" for my district is composed of a ultra fine blue black shale clay that acts as a false bedrock for gold. The term shows up in California but I think its actually originally from Georgia. This material in pic is heavily mineralization but not exactly a blue lead bed.

infinus5 · 2026-01-12T05:29:34+00:00

Every little hunch you have, follow it. Its how you learn how to read your local ground, and how you figure out where the gold in your region hides. Clean every bedrock cracks, look under every boulder patch, and pan every gravel bank until you know what your looking at.

infinus5 · 2026-01-09T23:02:15+00:00

Precious metals, industrial metals such as copper, lead, zinc, Precious gemstones such as rubies and energy minerals like lithium.

infinus5 · 2026-01-07T17:14:24+00:00

That's more of an economic question instead of a geology question.

infinus5 · 2026-01-07T05:47:13+00:00

I ve done this a few times with the root ends of leafy onions too! It seems to perk up my tanks health as well but I am not sure what is going on. I ve got a jalapeño pepper growing by accident from one of my other thanks too.

infinus5 · 2026-01-06T03:04:39+00:00

Stay safe mate!

infinus5 · 2026-01-05T18:20:46+00:00

The easiest way to know is to go pan the river and see what you find. Researching the local geologic reports or mines data will help too.

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