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Building a Gas Powered Vacuum pg.4

10. Be sure to bring lots of water along -- you can keep it cool in the river. On a hot day you can dehyrate quickly, especially as the rocks you are working over accumulate the day's heat.

Thanx to Bill Westcott, Chuck Mitchell and Jeri Walsh in the prospecting section of the Outdoors forum of Compuserve for their assistance and critiques of this faq.

Comments and suggestions are welcome and can be addressed to me at CIS at 76630,2423 or at Steve-k@holonet.net.

This faq is copyright 1995 by Stephen L. Katz. You may distribute this material freely, but in its entirety, provided no charge is made except for the cost of copying and distribution, and provided proper attribution is made to the author.

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Remember, gold is where you fmd it!!!

Good Luck.
Steve Katz

ver 2.O1H, 9/23/95

Editors note: I received the following note from Fred Wiese in Arizona:

Thanks for the vacuum plans. I’ve got it all built and ready to try it out this weekend.! have some current prices and part numbers from Shop-Vac:

#905030042 1/2 x 6ft hose - $17.49

#90678004 2 1/2 crevice tool - $7.69

#90685009 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 cony unit - $5.09

#90616004 1 1/4 crevice tool 4.49

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