AY Honors/Gold Prospecting/Requirements
Gold Prospecting
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1. Create a list of equipment used for gold panning. Describe each item and tell what it is used for. The list should include at least the following.
- a. Gold Pan
- b. Classifier
- c. Snuffer Bottle
- d. Shovel
- e. Pick
- f. Bucket
- g. Trowel
- h. Pry bar
- i. Rock hammer
- j. Crevice tool
- k. Drinking water
- l. Other possible items.
2. Define the following:
- a. Pay dirt
- b. Quartz
- c. Pyrite
- d. Blond sands
- e. Black sands
- f. Placer
- g. Lode
- h. Nugget
- i. Flake
- j. Dust
- k. specific gravity
- l. Wet and Dry panning
- m. Mercury (historical use) DO NOT USE TODAY
- n. Troy pound
- o. Troy ounce
- p. Pennyweight (dwt)
- q. Grain
- r. Gold fever
3. What are the following identifying characteristics of Gold.
- a. Specific gravity
- b. Color of streak
- c. Color
4. Where are some good places on a river or stream to look for gold.
5. Make a timeline containing at least 15 items about the history of gold prospecting from 1600 until the present day, including the following rushes: California Gold Rush, Klondike/Yukon Gold Rush, Witwatersrand Gold Rush, and the Victorian Gold Rush.
6. Learn about gold panning by doing one of the following:
- a. Do some gold panning. (preferred)
- b. Practice panning using flattened lead or tungsten shot mixed with sand (preferably from a river bank).
7. Look up the following verses in the Bible and discuss them in relation to prospecting for gold.
- a. Matthew 13:44-46
- b. Matthew 6:19-21
