Hydraulic and hardrock mining of the 30s

1. Types of claims
   • f-grants
   • hard rock (lode)
2. Properties of gold
   • weight
   • malleability
   • colour
   • fineness
3. Economic
   • value of gold in 1930's and now
   • Cariboo Gold Quartz amounts taken out
   • relationship of gold to the economy
   • mining town then and now
4. Techniques and tools
   • basic principles involved in lode mining
   • underground samples
   • stope samples
   • hydraulics
   • diamond drilling practices
5. Regulations
   • size of claim
   • how to stake and register
   • enforcement - Gold Commissioner
   • types of claims
6. Effects on environment
   • logging forest cover for equipment, housing, buildings, and to expose ground to work, erosion
   • quality of water
   • wildlife

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