Excerpt from Drilling for Placer GoldThere is yet another angle to the situation. In the event that preliminary work prompts a complete campaign of evaluation, the Keystone is absolutely necessary. And when the dredge is finally completed and at work, the Keystone has not outlived its usefulness. Modern practice suggests t the continued use of the drill in front of the dredge, blasting hard ground, determining the boundaries of barren areas, charting the pay-streak, seeking out reefs of hard bedrock, tracing the sub-surface bench line, even forecasting the cur rent dredge returns. A large dredging company now follow this practice, for, as they say, There is nothing more foolish or expensive than to prospect with a dredge!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.