Gold panning …..again

 Gold panning….again…



t-online.de

• Gold panning, or simply panning, is a form of placer mining and traditional mining that extracts gold from a placer deposit using a pan. The process is one of the simplest ways to extract gold, and is popular with geology enthusiasts especially because of its low cost and relative simplicity.

When we had our family reunion recently, one of the activities I wanted to do was gold panning…and we did…

I had saved some bags of sand with gold in them from when I packed out our home and shop after my husband’s passing, knowing I would pass that activity on to future grandchildren. I also had some bags of Sapphire sand from Montana from my husband’s late partner. These are two different methods of panning, both fun and tedious…teaching patience…but rewarding…

After we had finished the activity at the Wilder park, I kept the sand from the gold panning to re- pan to make sure we got all of the gold…so have been finishing that task this week…and found a bit more gold hiding in the black sands…

It made me recollect how God refines and refines my life, taking more and more of the dregs out…transforming, transforming…a process that takes time…and He doesn’t give up, patient with me…

At the mine we visited, we were able to watch a “gold pour”….

The ore is heated to high a temperature, then the dregs are poured off first, then the molten gold,near 100% pure, is poured into a brick mold..to be cooled…and sold…purified by fire…

 

Thank YOU…

 

 The words of the Lord are pure words,like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,purified seven times.

Ps.12.6

 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

2Cor.7.1

 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Heb.9.14

Similarly, the Word speaks of chaff and wheat, threshing the wheat from the chaff…separating the waste from the grains of wheat…

Refiners fire…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfH9j-TLg3U

https://traveltips.usatoday.com/gold-panning-locations-idaho-111422.html

https://geology.com/articles/panning-gold/