07/19/2025
I have had some good and some tough things happen this summer. A few set backs. You saw the videos but i owe you some explanation on it. We bought a creek called black diamond for 100k and put 50k into drilling and so far it was a strike out! We couldn’t find the gold. Maybe there’s gold there but at some point you punt. That creek needs more holes drilled? There’s old timer cabins and some shafts. ? Its a mystery. If you want to take a crack at It let me know.
We are repowering and sprucing up my smaller gray brothers plant. That’s not an easy job. I asked WEG for a power unit that consists of a motor and gearbox. I told them that over the winter I want to build a bigger plant and need a power unit. They sent me a unit to try which is incredible because that’s I’m guessing a 30k dollar setup give or take. It can be fine tuned and run at variable speeds. For certain materials I wanted to be able to turn it up and get more rock through it. Because of this I went with a new conveyor with impact rollers on the front end. Impact rollers are rubber and can take lots of abuse.
Coordinating all these things, plus waiting on finances and setbacks on Black Diamond pushes us against the winter. We have a bunch of paydirt stripped, but Too Much Gold is too small for our big washplant so I’m scrambling to get this little plant in action.
Once Its In place and we have worked the bugs out If It then It should be solid. Its got a long history of getting gold. The top end has hydraulic riffles.
We leased a second creek called Leotta next door and are stripping up that creek. At the base Is an area we think Is big enough for the holy roller! So the guys and stripping and stacking pay. Mostly opening up ground and ditching for thaw.
So lots of things happening. Wasnt looking for two creeks but we are trying to stretch and run both. Need a couple more machines!
God Is good. Im learning alot. Been working on my marriage which Is always something thats at the forfront of my life. We have been together 34 years. We have both changed and you have to love and respect. When I get disrespected It draws away my love. Facts.
Im going start a group thats a subscription for the guys who want to take a deeper dive Into whats really happening In our lives and get the exclusive videos when I get up there with the lottoe plant. I want to talk about faith more In this group and Interect with you guys. I dont care If Its 2 people or two thousand. Its for men only I dont engage much with women besides my wife because of the promise we made to eachother a long time ago. I made a marriage covenant with the Lord when i got married and even though it gets hard at times Im going to honor that. My buddy John reminded me of that the other day. Email me at goldrushtodd@gmail.com If you would like to be a part of It. In the subject line put the words “gold group”. Its going to cost money because Im going to spend time at this and Its going to be a group that we will do zooms together and network together.
Special thanks to Barco Pumps In Texas and WEG motors and controls. These guys care about our family and mission. If you need water pumps these guys are the go to guys. If yoir looking for motors and gear boxes WEG is the company of choice. Im filming some stuff on them soon. WEG has powered my trommels for 7 years.
