Mud to Gold -- Shake and Bake

This is the finale of the Mud to Gold videos. I use the shaker table to concentrate the gold in the muck and then do a fire assay of the concentrates. I weigh and measure the bead to determine the gold content and purity.
Keywords: gold extraction, shaker table, gold panning, gold fire assay, cupelling, gold mining, smelting gold.

[@timmynorfolk7817]

I love watching gold smelting keep the videos coming.

[@utahavalanch]

Love that micro gold. Now that’s what makes prospecting fun and challenging. 👍

[@orophilia]

You are right. For me the joy is the discovery. -- Dave

[@dennishedrick5308]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@orophilia]

My pleasure

[@criscris5061]

🎉 increíble

[@lambastepirate]

Good vid really like the scales.

[@orophilia]

Thanks!

[@mikehartman5326]

Another thing is that possibly you were not in the pay streak of sluffed material. Gold would not fan out far from the slope. It would of course flow down due to gravity, but water flow from the slope would not take it far away. Maybe some digging nearer the slope may yield more gold.

[@orophilia]

Hi Mike, You are absolutely right. I think the most promising muck will be at the base of the slope. Still learning... -- Dave

[@petterandersson7429]

I was thinking maybe doing a floation extraction might be suitable.

[@orophilia]

Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing. Time to do some research...

[@petterandersson7429]

@@orophilia I think you need to play with the PH to get the clay to let go. That and an air pump.

[@orophilia]

@@petterandersson7429 That's an interesting suggestion. I don't know how to deal with micron gold in clay but I'll start looking around. Thanks! -- Dave

[@gwenfify]

Noticing your mixture of litharge borax thinner and powdered gold ore is right but I would reduce it down to just 30 grams of powdered gold ore 15 grams of gold litharge 2 tsp thinner 1 tsp soap borax and bake it from 15-20 mins at 900-1000f then pour

[@orophilia]

Thanks for the comment! -- Dave

[@AUMINER1]

Is this the same vein that you have been pulling samples from? The smaller the gold, the easier it is to leech - Eco-Goldex would work extremely well if this situation - i'm sure you have seen keiths videos HRU. It would be interesting to see how much ultra fine gold was lost from the shaker table. Did you save the concentrate by chance? great video content by the way, glad to see there are capable individuals out there in the world still :)

[@orophilia]

Good morning. Yes, this is from one of the veins that I've been sampling, but I've also been taking small samples from all over southern California. Not for finding a workable mine, but for the pure joy of discovery, being in the "bush", and my love of geology. I haven't seen Keith's video but I'll go look him up. Yes, I have the tailings and I plan to analyze them somehow. Maybe I'll try eco-GoldX. I don't know anything about it, but I'll look it up. I think I'll also try a vortex concentrator, something simple in a bucket. Thanks for the great info! -- Dave

[@AUMINER1]

@@orophilia www.youtube.com/@hardrockuniversity7283

[@AUMINER1]

@@orophilia another channel you may enjoy www.youtube.com/@myadventure7069

[@orophilia]

I ordered 5 kg of the o-series eco-goldex. I'll make a video... Thx!

[@AUMINER1]

@@orophilia excellent! I'm still testing it's use in various conditions with both ewaste and ore. Thus far it's very promising. I will be looking forward to your application of it - it's a relatively new product, so not many people using it yet( especially on YT ) , so your contribution will be a great addition to the community :)

[@the1dud]

Do you think you lost any gold in the matte slag before cupellation?

[@orophilia]

There was no matte, so no, I don't think so. -- Dave

[@donizetecorreiadepaiva5616]

Boa noite meu a migo

[@orophilia]

Buenas noches.

[@sliceman8422]

Buddy I think you spend more money trying to make that little teeny bit

[@orophilia]

Hi Sliceman. It's a hobby. Less expensive than owning an airplane. ;-) -- Dave

[@gwenfify]

Should be soap borax and not black borax to keep it gold color and only use black borax to silver color

[@orophilia]

I use anhydrous borax. The black color in the flux comes from Manganese Dioxide, an oxidizing agent. Cheers! -- Dave

[@gwenfify]

I meant to say 20 mule white borax and chapmen flux and thinner...