How Much Is a Yard Of Material? Options

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Many prospectors and miners refer to moving material in "yards of material". How many 5 gallon buckets make a cubic yard?

There are 201.97 gallons in a cubic yard. Divide that by 5.
The answer is 40.39.

So.... 40 and a half (full) 5 gallon buckets equals 1 yard.

On a typical good hard working day of hand-sluicing in a creek I can move 9 buckets of 1/2" classified, rarely 10. Just shy of 1/4 yard of 1/2" class per day.
Prior to classification it is probably another 1/8-yard that I am screening away (larger than 1/2") and pitching to a tailing pile, so maybe a little more than 1/4 yard per day in reality.
Not bad fer an old dude.
What's a typical day for you on a crick?