tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post4971822258720660308..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Gold Country (part 3)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-23250426211832783752017-06-11T12:38:34.595-07:002017-06-11T12:38:34.595-07:00Jeanne: Until you look at the Grand Canyon...Jeanne: Until you look at the Grand Canyon...Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-15086986869823186992017-06-11T12:37:19.838-07:002017-06-11T12:37:19.838-07:00Liz: Well, you know, most people don't think a...Liz: Well, you know, most people don't think ahead. That's the problem.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-29205765372413168322017-06-11T12:36:34.839-07:002017-06-11T12:36:34.839-07:00ABftS: Mostly, the miners did the sifting and the ...ABftS: Mostly, the miners did the sifting and the muck work.<br />And it was a lot of fun.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65380039329129699072017-06-09T13:11:48.124-07:002017-06-09T13:11:48.124-07:00This is really cool. I love the history lessons. I...This is really cool. I love the history lessons. I never actually knew what hydraulic mining was. You'd never think that water could do much damage. Sigh...J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-59042780251474574732017-06-09T11:00:33.925-07:002017-06-09T11:00:33.925-07:00That's what happens when people are more conce...That's what happens when people are more concerned with increasing their wealth than with anything else. They don't think ahead. And just when we thought that as a species we'd moved past that...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-64878891292572451882017-06-09T10:30:24.843-07:002017-06-09T10:30:24.843-07:00Oh... yes... the giant water cannon is for hydraul...Oh... yes... the giant water cannon is for hydraulic mining. Right, right, right. Right. That's exactly what I assumed it was for...<br /><br />(If I was a miner, I'd have been fired on day ONE with that thing)<br /><br />That does look like a fun experience, though, even if the land's been ruined.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.com