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To: Snowshoe who wrote (2643)	7/30/2002 3:50:35 PM
From: marcos	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8273

Sure there were gold placers in C.A., near all the rivers of Chiapas, especially those flowing west, had some gold in them, and that's just north of Guatemala, really the estado is in C.A. because the logical division of continents is at the isthmus of Tehuantepec, not at the political borders ..... there are old stories of chiapanecos doing very well in streams, i don't know much of them but have seen them included in books of local stories .... placer gold can be quite widespread, and concentrated during the ages at sometimes a surprising distance from where it would seem to have originated There is probably not a single 100km stretch on the cordillera between Alaska and Tierra del Fuego where there has never been any placer gold recovered .... just a lot more concentrated in some places than in others, and found at different times

To: Snowshoe who wrote (2643)	7/30/2002 4:01:07 PM
From: ralfph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8273

Placer in Central America ? Makes sense. All it takes is a source, errosion and 100,000 years or so of deposition. Water and gravel makes the best sluice but I hear wind can do the same. I know of placer in South America and have been asked to play on a couple of the streams.i will wait for retirement before doing it though. regards ralfph Me I am a big fan of sniping. Not great for production but it is great entertainment and comfort for the soul.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (2643)	7/30/2002 5:22:09 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 8273

If it was a placer you should be fighting your way up the river, as placer rivers have to be fast, not half-fast, in order to wash gold enough to leave a concentrate behind. Yes, there are placers in CA and S America, and China, and Russia, and Switzerland, and Malaysia, Argentina, Australia, Michigan, James Bay, South Carolina, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and even Ontario. Honduras, CR, El Salvador, Mexico, too. Don't know about Panama, Nicaragua etc.. Brazil and CA has some "in situ" or "laterite placers" They are not really placers but in situ deposits that have seen secondary reconcentration by leaching and erosion and are easy to work i.e. decrepitated and soil-like. Snakes dropping from trees? Bigger hazard these days is killer bees near the river bends. Bad. Also banditos who feel they own the claims by virtue of being able to shoot at you thru the trees. Very real hazard. Worse than Canadian politicos and Sierra Madre club any day, if that is possible. I know some people with a Honduran placer. It has a slight bandito problem that has not been fully tested yet. The bandito problem of Mexico is often underrated. In fact if you do any mining im Mexico you would be wise to hire some Israeli security guards with itchy trigger fingers and always follow 'streme measures with regards to exposure. A few Canadian geologists have left skeletons down there recently. (Their own). EC<:-]