Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

  Updated on August 17, 2022 As a former USN Hospital Corpsman, John draws from many years of experience in surgery and general sick bay treatment. Infected hair follicle in nostril   Folliculitis in Nose Any discussion of nasal folliculitis requires an understanding of what folliculitis is. Once the basics are covered, this article will examine the common causes of folliculitis and its treatment. The information contained within is for entertainment and information only and is not given as a substitute for a physician's advice. What Is It? Folliculitis is an infection or inflammation of a follicle. A hair follicle is comprised of a sack where the hair begins to grow, an attached gland producing sebum or oil for the hair, and a canal leading to the surface of the skin. Therefore, a hair follicle is an opening to the surface of the skin from which a hair grows. This opening can sometimes get infected. The most common bacterial infections come from staphylococcus aureus. There c...

  Updated on December 18, 2023                                                       * John has prospected for gold in Arizona 13 years. His experience taught him to deal with the terrain, heat, and gold fever. He makes tools. Electrum coin from Ephesus, 620-600 BC, known as Phanes' coin. Obverse: Stag grazing   Gold, Silver, Copper: Charming Jewelry Evidence has it that gold has been mined since about 3000 BC. The oldest objects of gold were discovered in the Sumerian capital of Ur, which is in the southeastern part of present-day Iraq. There, a royal tomb was excavated, revealing gold chains for jewelry. From 2500 BCE on, gold was produced for jewelry and found in Egyptian tombs. Objects have been discovered, including necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings, diadems, pendants, pins, and brooches. The ancients mined it for their rulers for...

  Updated on December 14, 2023                                                            * John has prospected for gold in Arizona 13 years. His experience taught him to deal with the terrain, heat, and gold fever. He makes tools. A modest highbanker   Fundamental Highbanker There are two things common to gizmos designed to separate gold from heavy fines: water and agitation. All agitate, and nearly all use water. This write-up will discuss the mechanism of the highbanker with attention paid to advantages and disadvantages. Design The highbanker is a device that cobbles two traditional machines of the Old West prospector. It is mainly composed of a hopper and a sluice. The hopper holds material and feeds it onto the sluice at an adjusted rate. Note that in a river or creek, the angle the sluice is held at does not have to be ext...

   Updated on December 29, 2022 * John has prospected for gold in Arizona 10 years. His experience taught him to deal with the terrain, heat, and gold fever. He makes tools. Mini sluice assembled   About Gold Prospecting Materials With gold-prospecting, trial and error are important to developing technique. It may be hard to find gold, but not because of the sluice setup. If the material you are shoveling onto the sluice opening is all being washed away, you need a smaller angle of submersion. If nothing is being washed away, you need a lower angle. Somewhere in between these extremes is the best adjustment. This article will cover how to set up a sluice along with a bit of its history. Stream Sluice Setup Water should enter the wide end of the sluice. It is frequently made of metal but might also be of wood or plastic. It is the wide end and quickly tapers to the width of your riffled material. Weighting down your sluice may be necessary. The sluice will be carried downs...