{"id":14204,"date":"2019-03-30T09:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=14204"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:05","slug":"how-they-mine-for-gold-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2019\/03\/30\/how-they-mine-for-gold-now\/","title":{"rendered":"How They Mine for Gold Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This audio from 2009 is still applicable, very much so.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14204-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/GregParkerOnGold.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/GregParkerOnGold.mp3\">http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/GregParkerOnGold.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2019\/03\/30\/how-they-mine-for-gold-now\/screen-shot-2019-03-30-at-12-20-48-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-30-at-12.20.48-PM.png?fit=241%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"241,320\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2019-03-30 at 12.20.48 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-30-at-12.20.48-PM.png?fit=241%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-30-at-12.20.48-PM.png?resize=241%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2009, as I sat tight in Elko, NV, waiting for better weather for my safety and for the welfare of\u00a0 my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/02\/23\/chapter-excerpt-why-i-ride-an-eagle\/\">rare Eagle bike<\/a><\/strong>, I had the privilege of learning a lot about Elko from one of its natives, an amazing man named <strong>Greg Parker.<\/strong> Long gone are the days of using one&#8217;s naked eye to mine for such precious metal, what comes out of the ground now are microscopic particles. So as such here Greg explains how it&#8217;s done now.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Horiz 728px --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3214805602891574\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5705376662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This audio from 2009 is still applicable, very much so. http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/GregParkerOnGold.mp3 In 2009, as I sat tight in Elko, NV,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2019\/03\/30\/how-they-mine-for-gold-now\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3H6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5711,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/02\/08\/eagle-visits-elko-where-gold-is-mined-with-chemicals\/","url_meta":{"origin":14204,"position":0},"title":"Eagle Visits Elko Where Gold is Mined with Chemicals","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 8, 2011","format":"audio","excerpt":"I just remastered this sound file from my 2009 \u00a0Eagle visit to Salt Lake City. 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