Desert Gold Wash Plant Upgrades - Revolutionary Sluice Filtration System !!
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- Desert Gold Wash Plant with a new revolutionary water filtration system that saves water and removes suspended particles for improved processing and gold recovery. Special thanks to Kevin Bell at Snake River Products for his engineering guidance !
Love the sand filter
Thanks ! It makes quite a difference. Check out some of my current videos regarding the Gold Rattler. Best of luck to you !
Wonderful channel! More videos please. Rei do garimpo from Brazil. I LOVE IT
Thank you for tuning in ! Much appreciated ! Brazil has great gold deposits. Best of luck to you ! 🤠⚒⛏👍
Very cool design!
The design becomes much better. Check out my lastest Gold Rattler videos. Thank you for watching !
I am going to be building a big plant next month for New Mexico flour gold. Can't wait to see what you got!!
Well, I hope I can give you a few ideas !
Some really great ideas for us who use our water over and over in the desert. Looks like your equipment is working well and catching even the very small gold. Thanks for sharing Allan.😎👍👍👌👌⛏⛏
Thanks Chuck ! Glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, hope this inspires some of us desert miners ! Still have more testing and tweaking to do. Best of luck to you out there this summer !
Sweet ingenuity and tenacity! I'd buy a setup for a trailer!
Yep. I'm working on one now. Progress has been slow because busy at my day job and caring for elderly parents. We'll get there !
Get out the snacks and beverages, kick back, and watch on the big screen !! Only two commercial breaks during the show for refills. Lol !! 🤠👍
I love your content on TH-cam i hope you do more❤️
Hey Allan great video thanks again, gold is always very interesting but I really like how you teach and show others and your passion for mining very cool, and as I said during your premier I would really like to come and see your operation not be in the way or hound you or anything like that just be amazed by what your doing, if you think that’s doable his fall or whenever please contact me at williamnarizona@aol.com I’m retired so pretty flexible thanks for your time always a fan Will.
Quite impressive!!!! Im lucky to have all the water i need around here.....
Much enjoyed!!!! ✅👍🏻
Thanks Jason ! Yeah, that you don't have a problem with ! We could use some of it out here. Lol !! Cheers Bro ! 🤠⛏⚒👍👍👍
Brilliant!! That sand filter is the ticket. I am sure you will sell a lot of your units down in the desert where water is a big problem. Can't wait to see it all mounted on a trailer.
Hi Alan ! Thanks for the nice compliments ! Yes, that sand filter could be beneficial to any sluice re-circ system. So cheap and easy to maintain. I'm excited to get that plant mounted on a trailer too. So many places could be easily explored ! Hope this video is helpful for working that gooey clay you have up there. Take care my friend, and good luck on the gold !
Hey Alan, looks like a winner to me. Let's see some beautiful desert gold
You betcha Shawn !!
Would love to see more about the table's physics when/if practicable. Nice work Allan!
Thanks Mark. It looks so simple, but it a devil to get it to work ! I'm thankful to have assistance from others with type of experience. I was advised to not elaborate to much about it on the video (eventhough I greatly would love to!! ), until the patent process is resolved. Hopefully, in a few months will know more. Thanks for watching ! Glad you enjoyed it !
Great video. Peace.
The clay you are collecting has immense value, especially to those who want to make authentic western pottery!
Someone else mentioned that too. Maybe a market for it. Certainly is gooey stuff ! Thanks for watching !
Looks great Alan.
We need more videos from you, sir! Love em'!
Thanks Randy ! Appreciate your comments ! I was out today attempting to video my latest wash plant upgrades, but weather was terrible. Will try next weekend. Thanks for watching !!
Beautiful, innovative and well engineered design Alan. Definitely market worthy.
Appreciate your compliments AJ ! Glad you enjoyed it !
Impressive ingenuity.
Fantastic set up there Allan, Love the vids you put out and thank you for all of your hard work to teach and show us. Hope to see you soon........Chris
Thanks Chris. Glad you enjoyed it ! Maybe have something to talk about a future club meeting. Stay cool out there ! Best of luck !
@@allansgoldmining Great idea, I'll pass it around.......
wow what a nice day out fam. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!
Hey Allan loving the videos my dad and I are working on a Trommel to take up to a local closed gold mine and your videos have been so helpful thank you for all these diy videos
Last thing with all the fine gold it might actually be worth while getting a blue bowl they sell for 100 on amazon and it’s helped with fine gold recovery so much
Thanks for your compliments and best to you on your trommel build ! I use a Blue Bowl to clean up my cons. Slow but works good.
Looks like something I’ve had rolling around in my head. I’m interested to see what you’ve come up with
Hope you find this video inspiring. See you at the premier !
My brickmaking avatar is drooling at the sight of that clay!
Lol !! We have lots of it out here ! Thanks for watching !!
I know you said you intentionally had the gravel sizes upsidown, but I can't help but think that it would work better the other way around! Help me to understan!
Thank you watching the video. That's how standard sand filters operate for water/sewage treatment facilities. Also the same for swimming pool sand filters. The fine sand layer on top, and more coarse layers below. As the fluid flows through the sand, the suspended particles accumulate on the grains of sand. This attracts more particles to accumulate onto each other, eventually creating a layer called a "Schmutzdecke" (seen in the video) which attracts more fine suspended particles. Eventually this accumulation becomes unstable and they break off the sand and migrate downward as large clumps. These clumps adhere to larger sand layer, and the process repeats itself. By the time the fluid reaches the intake pipe, most of the suspended particles are removed. Eventually the filter becomes fully loaded and the sediment needs to be purged. I can explain much more, however, I thought I'd give you the "Reader's Digest" version. Thanks for your question.
Your second bin reminds me of a Sono Filter. Used for taking arsenic out of water. AR and Fe are fond of each other.
Hi Howard. Yes, the sand filter idea has been around for centuries and used for all kinds of applications. Never seen for mining, especially for small scale. So, decided to kick it out there for everyone to scratch their heads on it. Lol !! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Allen youalso love the idea of the douvle trommel systen that you put together and built keep up the good work, qhwn fwtting home will have to put filters togerther and build tro,el, than wait for rattler.
Nothing wrong with that. 👍 The trommel has been a good project for many, and it works pretty good for the price ! Best of luck to you on the trommel build. 👍👍👍
Watch out! Spider!! About a quarter in.
Thanks Alan, you've come up with some I ingenious inventions and really interesting videos. Gold mining is not just a lot of digging, it's takes a lot of thinking too !
Young men work hard, old men work smarter because we have to ! 😂😁😎
There's wisdom in that comment, Jay. LOL ! Indeed, I feel some of the best innovations come from mining and oil communities. Thank you for you kind compliments ! I build airplanes, telescopes, as well as many other contraptions. Fun challenge to "noodle" over something to make it better ! Best of luck to you prospecting !
I work at a sand mine and I think you are more interested in the mining process than the gold . If you were at the sand plant where I work you would love it and want to make inventions to improve dredging sand and how to get it faster
Thanks for the kind compliments. Much appreciated. Yeah, I'm an engineer at heart. Like to invent things. Lol !
Enjoyed the video , great idea for conserving water !
Thanks Richard ! I'm saving about 40 gallons per yard. If ground was damp, would better. Should be a big difference for a weekend desert prospector to haul water. Best of luck to you !
I am sure it would help a lot of prospectors in the desert areas !
Awesome setup my friend. Work on someway of taking the pump motor and with extended shaft and pulleys get an car generator to power everything off of it.
Thanks for the compliments ! Actually, the trailer mounted version will have a generator and electric pump.
If you haven't already tried it I have always wanted to take one of those centrifugal juicers and fit with a very fine mesh for dewatering
Give it a try. You can buy 700 mesh screen on eBay. I looked into designing a centrifuge, but way too complicated for small mining. Sand filter is much more simple and cheap to make. Thanks for watching !
@@allansgoldmining so many projects like every other small miner
@@brainretardant yep ! Lol !!
Awesome set up you got winner workin there
Thank you ! It's a real gold Getter. Lol ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
great job allen
Thanks you Lee. Glad you enjoyed the vid !
Nice the equipment keeps getting smaller and smaller. I used to set up an easy up when I'd go opal mining. Now I wear a wide brim sombrero. But in this application I would imagine that the easy up probably helps keep the water from evaporating.
Need to take that clay slurry to an art store and sell it to them! Potters may really like the stuff you are making. (The slurry in the FIRST bucket) :)
Indeed ! Several others have commented regarding the same. Might be potential market. 👍
@@allansgoldmining Oh, I know there is a market. Huge market if you are in a college town with a B.S. in the Arts. Local "Organic" "free range" clay. $$$$$$$$
Hi there Frank from Australia here, there is a lot of fine dust blocking up your filtering system, have you tried using a blowing fan too blow the very fine particle dust out before wetting it down, then putting it though the sluice I'm thinking it mite reduce the slime silt sitting on the filtering system chocking it up hence having clean water for a longer period I'm sure set right the the light dust will fly and the gold will stay. Great unit love your show thank you Allan.
Hi Frank. I'm not sure how well it would work, because there's lots of fine gold is dust. Could be losing it in the wind. Would be very difficult to regulate blower for best efficiency. If get a working model, let me know. Perhaps a woodworking cyclone might help ?
@@allansgoldmining I'm thinking about 12 v fan with controller and solar panal though a dry wash first, mybe you could set the fan by the black sand weight recovery so micro dust is removed, if you removed only 1/16 or at best 1/8 total of this micro dust [ i think more is achievable ] , your wash recovery water will be so much cleaner for a longer period run time hope it works for you Frank from Australia thanks Allan
Great job
Really neat! Happy Hunting Alan!🌵😁🍀
Thanks Tammy ! Glad you enjoyed the video ! Keep cool out there ! 🤠
Thats quite the set up you have going on now Allan, a few more tweaks and it should be dialed in perfect for you.
Thanks Ed. Always room for fine tuning for sure. Hope all is well for you.
Oh! I thought it was tonight at 7pm. A little too anxious....
Reminds me of a berry shaker table, might want to have adjustable arms to change angle depending on material being ran. A flatter profile will dry more as the material stays over the screen longer, have seen some on reverse angle, seems to defy gravity.
This is different. I done extensive trials on this. Lowering the slope angle fails to expedite the gooey clay off the deck. Greater angle causes clay and water to slide off unfiltered. I'm working in high clay content, which is excellent testing. Material with less will do extremely better, without need to change angles. Yeah, in earlier trials I experienced retrograde creeping at certain frequencies. Had create an interference pattern to prevent it. That's part of the patent request. Thanks for watching !! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Fantastic video mate...
It’s cold in South Australia 🇦🇺 so I need to do a lot of shoveling to keep warm..
Hope all is well Allan..
Cheers Famo59 👍🤓🚿⛏
Isn't that amazing ? You're freezing over there, and I'm sweating like a hog over here ! 6 months from now it will be different. Lol ! Cheers mate and keep warm ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Wow. I am very impressed. Any chance you'd consider writing an article on this for the ICMJ magazine?
Hi Chris. Thanks for the nice compliments !! Would love to do an article on this. I know you've asked me before, but I've failed to come through for you. Will make a better effort this time. Do you want just the new wash plant design, or an evolution story on how I arrived to this unit ?
I too am impressed and I have decades of professional placer sampling experience. Before I saw Chris' comment I was going to suggest an article for the ICMJ Mining Journal but since Chris is the Associate Editor of my favorite magazine his invite has a lot more significance. Your creative and innovative ideas would be well received. Keep up the good work.
Outstanding work sir👍🤠 You are the best Alan🤩🇺🇸😎🇳🇴🤗
Thank you Sir ! Glad you enjoyed it ! Best of luck to you prospecting this summer !
Allan's Gold Mining Thank You sir👍
(Kenneth Prospecting Norway)🇺🇸🤠🇳🇴
Where did you get the 200 & 400 mesh screens.??? They appear to help with getting the material separated from the water. Great setup......
Thank you for you question and compliments Rick ! I purchased the screens on eBay. All types of sizes and mesh available. Best of luck to you prospecting ! 🤠⚒⛏⛏
now your cooking with gas .......great Job Allan, we new you would come up with something revolutionary.....get that patent cause we can see big companies wanting to use it . now .....can't wait to see what you come up with next .....take care and watch out for the danger noodles
Thanks a bunch Jeff !! Glad you and the gang liked it !! Indeed, there's definitely advantage for large production plants. Energy effective too. Even the "Yukon Boys" could use this ! One of these days I'll share you the secrets to get that thing to work. It turned out to be one of my biggest challenges. Looks simple, but it ain't. Lol !! Next big job to make this portable, so anyone can use it. Thanks for your encouragement good buddy !!
@@allansgoldmining you betcha ... yes we did ..... thats what we were thinking too.... thanks ...look forward to that.... now that will be a fun video ..... can't wait to see it and you betcha my friend ....so you know what I am gonna say huh....oooh you better So C'mon....Let's Go !!!!!
Hes full of great ideas Jeff!!!!
You betcha ! Let's GO !! 🤠⛏⚒👍👍👍
Thanks Jason !
Ingenious! Do you use a surfactant ? There is commercial stuff available...
I can’t wait
Ótimo trabalho meu amigo tamos juntos
Definitely beer time! Don't know if I could use a rectangle pan! Btw been praying for you!
Thank you so much Ralph. Wife improving. Good test results.
Well, I'll be damned. You've made a miner achievement! Yes. patent! I was experimenting with a cruder version without the vibration. It worked in a half-assed way. I was trying to catch more magnetite.
Thanks for your story. That's what great about the mining community. We're always kicking around ideas to make things better !! Yeah, the dewater deck looks easy, but was a devil to figure how make it work ! Strange things happen at different frequencies, so I had to develop interference patterns to control it. Hew !! Anyway, still room for tuning and testing ! Thanks for watching !!
Just like a natural aquifer.
If you use a magnetic filter in your processing machine will that help separate the black sand from the gold?
Good question Carl. This problem has been studied for decades without much success. The fine gold tends to get trapped in the magnetite filings. However, there is promising devices on the horizon, such as the Spin-it-off. I use it regularly on the sluice cons before panning. They are working on a production model for high volume.
Allan. That is an awesome design. I thought about adding an angled punch plate to my "drama sluice." Aka our Devin Gold. VORTEX drop riffle sluice.. I never even though of a making it a shaker table. .. you need to be working for Keene or Royal with the ideas you come up with
Thanks for the nice compliments Nathan ! Glad you liked the show ! I suspect this will get their attention, especially after the prototype. Who knows, they might want to work with me ? Lol ! Seriously, I'm considering a couple Keene products for the prototype. Best of luck to you prospecting !
Great presentation, thank you. Noticed in background that large white tank. Is that your water supply. Instead having that sand filtering system, would just dumping tailings and mud on the ground save more time and money?
Very good question Sharon ! Yes, I could do that, however, that is not my goal. I'm designing a process that recycle water, thus significantly reducing consumption. This is very critical for desert mining. This way, the weekend prospector needs only a 100 gallons for the adventure and recover 40% more gold than someone operating a dry washer moving same volume of material. The tank you see is 500 gallons, however, I fill it to only 100 gallons for weekend. My end goal is to make dry washing obsolete. Thanks for watching ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
@@allansgoldminingI see your goal about saving water thru recycling. Makes sense with limited water. Thanks for your reply.
Am not into mining but I would still use the Trommel to filter out the large bits so it doesn't get into the deck (dry); classifying the materal. This way all of the large rock will just roll out. From the bottom it would go into the deck of yours. You would have to place it above or use some belts to move it up and into the deck. I been look at some of this that you have as it would work for a small scale e-waste recovery. Am not like most of these other hobbiest just looking for silver and gold but all of the metal on it minus steel. That's a bit too much for a small scale operation.
Another thought would be to isolate it the materal to black sand. Let it dry out in all of that heat, take it home and run it through a blue bowl. That would be easier I think on you. Besides, if it is that small and panning it you would lose allot because its so small.
Hi Lee. Actually, it's better to wash all rocks on the upper shaker deck. Loose too much gold dry screening. The upper deck screens down to 1/4" before entering sluice. Larger material exits to tailings pile. The slurry from the sluice falls onto the dewatering deck. The 1/4" material helps advance the gooey +74 micron clay to the tailings. Adding belts and another trommel complicates things when trying to develop a portable unit for hobby prospecting. It also has to be ergonomically functional for someone with pick and shovel, not an excavator. Eventually this plant will be trailer mounted and ergonomically feasible for single man operator. Please check out my latest video "Desert Gold Wash Plant Innovations 2021" for newest developments. Best of luck to you prospecting !
Have you figured out how to create.a sand filter you can reverse flow to clean yet? Check out the diatomaceous salt water fish tanks filters.
Not practical in the desert. Would require 100s of gallons to accomplish. Washing the sand through the wash plant is much more simple and cost efficient.
I'm do a lot of hardrock mining, and I crush to 50 mesh - the size your trommel screen used to remove from your recovery circuit, have you thought of checking the slime's for gold you might be losing in the super fines? A shaker table will tell you what/if anything you are losing.
Check that all the time. No gold.. Sluice does an excellent job recovery. Many years ago we had a lode mine. We pulverized the same. Used a Keene A51 sluice, followed by an Action Mining Gravity Wave table. Did good on -200 gold. Check out my latest video. I test pan the tailings...
@@allansgoldmining I figured you would test everything, as you are on top of it like no one else :) love your content Allan, thanks for the reply :)
Nice set up! Since you went to all that trouble to screen that clay down in the big tub to even consistency, could you use it to make pottery or tile?
Hi Dave. Interesting question. Yeah, probably so. That stuff is very gooey indeed !
Ingenious
Check out my latest videos on the Gold Rattler. You'll be amazed. Thanks for watching, and good luck prospecting ! 🤠⚒⛏👍👍👍
Hello, Brasil!!!!
Hello Allan,, I like the video good information that you put out. I have idea that you might want to look into for your filtration system it called weed guard. Put it over the bigger gravel.
Hi Scott. Glad you like the video. Thanks for the tip I'll look into that. Best of luck to you !
@@allansgoldmining it blocks a lot of the fine silt
Wile E Coyote Genius thanks for sharing
Doesn't the coyote fall off the cliff or pounded by a big rock ? LOL !! Thanks for your nice compliments James ! Good luck prospecting !!
Was kinda waiting for this one , ya think! 31 minutes.....
Thanks William ! It's going to be packed with lots of details. Hope you enjoy it !
Great setup!!!!! I was wondering with running everything off a car battery how long does the battery last?
Hi Travis. One deep cycle battery will last about 8 hours. My new trailer mounted wash plant will run on 110 AC. Will use a 2000 watt generator (Predator 2000). Thanks for watching. Best of luck to you prospecting !
I wonder how much micron gold is still hung up in that Clay !
now you just need to add a magnet for that black sand lol.
See if you can fire that clay into something... a revenue stream lol
Awesome set up would that kind of set-up work for fine flour gold?
Hi Charles. Yes, this designed for flower gold. Check out my latest video "Virgin Wash Mining and Processing." Lots of flower gold.
Will have to looks like a cool rig iv only just started prospecting but I to have started making my own gear to find the shiny stuff
Best of luck to you ! DIY projects are always fun. If you're interested in building a trommel, please check out my "Trommel Build" series. Hope you find lots of shiny !
Will do between my diy projects and videos I'm working on already have a trailer to set it up on
@@AyouGuysProspectingTM awesome ! Post some videos when you get it running.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I believe vibratory dewatering screens have already been patented. I work at a quarry that uses 2 of them. Just search "dewatering screen" on google.
Also, the dewatering screen might be more effective if it is level or with a slight uphill grade.
I'm fully aware of other dewatering screen systems. Like I said in the video, it "might" be patentable. Maybe not, we shall see. Nonetheless, I'm moving forward on the project. Definitely room for adjustments and testing. 🤠
Oh ok well I think you have something with the whole trailer system. Definitely keep going down that path because that is something I would consider buying myself. A portable/towable wash plant system!
Allan has a free real State of gold
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Thanks !! Lol !!
How did you make your 400 mesh screen if I can ask? Thanks
Hi Dennis. Thanks for your question. The base is expanded aluminum (1/2" squares) bended to shape. The 400 mesh is wrapped around frame. The edges are secured with 1/4" irrigation tubing that I cut a slit into it, and placed around the edges. Also ran a small bead of clear silicone adhesive on tubing slit for better hold. Best of luck to you ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
Do I have to wear a suit and tie to this premier or just put on my pants bahahaaaaa
Allan, is that wash plant available for purchase anywhere yet? It looks practical, efficient, and well engineered.
Hi John. Thank you for the nice compliments. Eventually I will produce a commercial version on a trailer. Please check out my latest video, "Desert Gold Wash Plant Innovations 2021" for the latest upgrades. Thanks for watching !
7:34. was that a tarantula bottom right?
Hard to tell, but could be a little one. 🤔
Ya might wanna checkout mr keith on hardrock university ..learn how to extract the slime gold from the clay .. excellent vid mr allan always an inspiration.. pilgrim 😁jolly good carryon pip pips
Yes, I watch his videos. He's got good ideas too !
Have you considered crushing to increase recovery?
Hi Douglas. Yes, I have. Some of the gooey clay material bound with small stones are extremely when dry. Also has gold trapped in it. So I keep them in a separate pile and run though an impact mill. Thanks for watching !
looking forward to a "better way"......
This might be the thing Steve !
Yikes!!
U be getting big old catfish in that there mud.
If you made the 3 layers of filter material into modular bins you could just swap out the first layer bin twice or three times before the second layer bin gets changed out then the last layer bin once every however long it takes to get funked up.
Then you could even have more than one layer of each type of filtering material depending on what type of ground you're working.
From the looks of it you could probably run multiple layers of the fine material filter only? On your ground
Also this will give you more extra sale items!!
That you will already be producing anyway.
You could have a standard bin shape
Then just sell the different mesh size bases that hold each of size of filter material.
Like your work mate
Thanks for your thoughts mate !! Yes, we have been discussing this very thing. For now, thought to keep it simple. We're looking into stainless steel bag manufacturing, so individual layers can be easily removed and wash in a few seconds. That way, the operation can keep moving. Best of luck to you, and thanks again ! 🤠⛏⚒👍
I feel like that pan isn’t doing it’s job well, but maybe it’s just me
It does a great job ! The black sand content is very high on my claim. Prevents the -100 mesh gold from settling, thus it has to be cut in layers. Regular gold pan is worse ! Because of this, I stop cutting once the black sand appears, maximizing fine gold recovery. Use a Blue Bowl to finish it. Screens of 25, 50, 75, and 100 mesh.
Wow I didn’t know about this, thanks for the tip!
Hi Alan! Are you planning to sell these dewatering decks soon? If so when and how much?
Yes, I'm currently testing a new version with twin vibrator motors. Hope to make a video this weekend. It's the final test version before building a trailer mounted wash plant. The wash plant will be commercially available. Stay tuned !
Cool I'd be interested in just the dewatering shaker table minus a trailer setup.
I'm sure once we start production, folks will want to buy these decks to their rigs. 🤠👍
Show us what you got after you get it all cleaned up and washed up let’s see the total amount you got out of that
Watch my latest videos.
@@allansgoldmining thanks
Do you have any claims for sale?
Sorry, don't have claims available. However, I do have wash plants for sale
how to remove that gold ore from sand
Please check out my latest videos on the Gold Rattler. I'm sure you will enjoy them. 👍
23:30 you should wash it in to your bucket not the other thing. You could be trashing Gold 🪙
Not a chance. Wheel barrel is thoroughly washed. I use concrete mixing tubs now...
How do you contact Allen?
allan.goldmining@gmail.com
Alan
Curious of the fittings being used to clamp your systems framework together. Looks solid. And easier to reposition cross member when comparing to welding. If you would please reveal the product brand name description/source. my garden in Tucson is calling for a shade enclosure and the round tubing would be perfect. Thanks in advance.
Hi Doug. The fittings are made by Maker Pipe (www.makerpipe.com). Visit their TH-cam channel. You will see all kinds of DIY projects with these fittings, including your project. Best of luck to you !
Farout!
Looks like 20 bucks
Close ! More like 40 bucks. Lol !