Good video as always. I had to chuckle a bit when I heard the whisper "I can't see" just about the time I was thinking "I can't see". Keep the great video coming Keith.
i love your teaching methods and that lesson on clocks will surely help some young millenials. i my self knew how to tell time but if i wasnt a millenial i am now. but srsly great teachings
Love this technique!! :-) I still haven't found anything that I can put in a vile. Work has finally started so now I'll be able to buy the tools I'll need, like a bigger pan! :-)
Hi Ken, You might also research some places further south where they have some gold. Perhaps some GPAA claims or something. Once you get into the Carolinas there are some decent spots. Thanks, Keith
Thank you for your panning videos. Nobody else seems to address the problems with micro fine gold like your channel. Can you do a video on recovering gold from limonite? Most of the gold I'm processing comes from limonite and even though I'm able to concentrate it the limonite which is basically rust will sometimes show up bright yellow in the pan. It is also very heavy and non magnetic. Someone suggested Mercury but I'm hoping you might have another trick up your sleeve. If you have an e mail address I could send you some pictures to show you what I'm dealing with. Much obliged!
Can you share any pictures of the source material? Would be really interested to see the material in situ and compare to formations we have in Australia
Chris Foster I'll be glad to. Most of the limonite is in small pockets. Some of it occurs in a low grade tungsten (scheelite) deposit. Others in heavily mineralized quartz veins. You can reach me at garnorrin@gmail.com
Once we get the patent paperwork filed I will have a video on our separation table. WE are looking for ores to test if you live close enough to Tucson to bring some by. Limonite is easier than the sulfides we have at our claims. The email is hardrocku@outlet.com Keith
I am a relatively competent panner. Been doing it over 20 years. I have noticed problems with gold not separating from the heavies while tapping also. In the particular area i have been working lately I often find that my heavies are actually dense enough to displace the gold and are impossible to separate. There are a significant amount of PGM's in that particular area. I'll have to try using the smaller pan and see if that helps.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 Hey do you have an email adress i can contact you under please? I may have a technique for you you may find usefull. Unless you know it allready of course ;o)
I am unsure of the exact question. If you mean ,"will mercury grab the gold AFTER it has been separated from the ore?", the answer is yes- but there is no need to. You can smelt it directly into a single bead at that point with ease. If you mean, "Can mercury grab the gold FROM the ore when you process he raw ore?" The answer is yes, but not any better than a good specific gravity concentration lie our sluice is doing. AFTER the sluice, the remaining, very fine, gold id being DISSOLVED it what looks like water, but is actually a chemical solution. We will recover that gold later (we will show the steps as we go along). I do not know any situation where mercury does better than other methods which are safer.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 thank you very much our teacher yes I meant that when it is separated from ore I did this.. and mercury amalgam got a gold color...Is this ok?
@@hardrockuniversity7283 actually I got this from Rose sand... they brought it to fix the road...so when I panned it , i found a real microscopic gold which I saw it first time in my life I bought a 6 grams of mercury to see if it grabs the gold, it did but not all
Ahhh... but what kind? Wave, Wilfle, Deister, Gemeni? I actually have a wave table and a Deister. They both had limitations I didn't like, so I invented a different kind. Working on the patent app now. Then I can focus more on refinement. :-) Keith
Looks like a fairly standard Wilfley table. Their video doesn't seen to show a fast throughput. What is the processing rate you are using? Thanks, Keith
Hard Rock University, at the mine the 4x8 running one tonn per hour. I can adjust the table stroke and speed infinity with or without a bias. It make it nice to be able to adjust the table to fit the ore and gold size as I use the table for testing as well. one thing I love is that the table is vary quite, you can talk at a normal voice standing next to it.
Good video as always. I had to chuckle a bit when I heard the whisper "I can't see" just about the time I was thinking "I can't see". Keep the great video coming Keith.
She thought I was going to edit it out, but it just sounded so cute...
Love her dearly.
Keith
i love your teaching methods and that lesson on clocks will surely help some young millenials. i my self knew how to tell time but if i wasnt a millenial i am now. but srsly great teachings
Thank you.
t is amazing how fast things change and get forgotten. This can be very dangerous also.
Thank you for the left-handed display of how to work the pan
Tou're welcome.
Love this technique!! :-)
I still haven't found anything that I can put in a vile. Work has finally started so now I'll be able to buy the tools I'll need, like a bigger pan! :-)
Hi Ken,
You might also research some places further south where they have some gold. Perhaps some GPAA claims or something. Once you get into the Carolinas there are some decent spots.
Thanks,
Keith
Thank you for the panning technique ,
Let me know how well it works for you.
Keith
Thank you for your panning videos. Nobody else seems to address the problems with micro fine gold like your channel. Can you do a video on recovering gold from limonite? Most of the gold I'm processing comes from limonite and even though I'm able to concentrate it the limonite which is basically rust will sometimes show up bright yellow in the pan. It is also very heavy and non magnetic. Someone suggested Mercury but I'm hoping you might have another trick up your sleeve. If you have an e mail address I could send you some pictures to show you what I'm dealing with. Much obliged!
Can you share any pictures of the source material? Would be really interested to see the material in situ and compare to formations we have in Australia
Chris Foster I'll be glad to. Most of the limonite is in small pockets. Some of it occurs in a low grade tungsten (scheelite) deposit. Others in heavily mineralized quartz veins. You can reach me at garnorrin@gmail.com
Once we get the patent paperwork filed I will have a video on our separation table. WE are looking for ores to test if you live close enough to Tucson to bring some by. Limonite is easier than the sulfides we have at our claims.
The email is hardrocku@outlet.com
Keith
Good job. Well done.
I am a relatively competent panner. Been doing it over 20 years. I have noticed problems with gold not separating from the heavies while tapping also. In the particular area i have been working lately I often find that my heavies are actually dense enough to displace the gold and are impossible to separate. There are a significant amount of PGM's in that particular area. I'll have to try using the smaller pan and see if that helps.
love the channel. great job.
Thank you.
Keith
What a nice surprise!
You're welcome. Hope it helps.
keith
"Here is a clock face"
Ahahahaha. Made my day :oDDD
Yeah, the youngsters are probably scratching their heads.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 Well it happend to Romans, it might just happen to us :oD
@@seriseriom8445 Seems to be getting more likely by the day at times.
@@hardrockuniversity7283 Hey do you have an email adress i can contact you under please?
I may have a technique for you you may find usefull. Unless you know it allready of course ;o)
@@seriseriom8445 HardRockU@outlook.com. Thank you.
Great Video!
thank you.
You're welcome.
Keith
hello our teacher
can mercury hunts microscopic gold after isolation??
I am unsure of the exact question.
If you mean ,"will mercury grab the gold AFTER it has been separated from the ore?", the answer is yes- but there is no need to. You can smelt it directly into a single bead at that point with ease.
If you mean, "Can mercury grab the gold FROM the ore when you process he raw ore?" The answer is yes, but not any better than a good specific gravity concentration lie our sluice is doing.
AFTER the sluice, the remaining, very fine, gold id being DISSOLVED it what looks like water, but is actually a chemical solution. We will recover that gold later (we will show the steps as we go along).
I do not know any situation where mercury does better than other methods which are safer.
@@hardrockuniversity7283
thank you very much our teacher
yes I meant that when it is separated from ore
I did this.. and mercury amalgam got a gold color...Is this ok?
It just means a high concentration of gold.
@@hardrockuniversity7283
actually I got this from Rose sand... they brought it to fix the road...so when I panned it , i found a real microscopic gold which I saw it first time in my life
I bought a 6 grams of mercury to see if it grabs the gold, it did but not all
I think you need a shaker table.
Ahhh... but what kind? Wave, Wilfle, Deister, Gemeni? I actually have a wave table and a Deister. They both had limitations I didn't like, so I invented a different kind. Working on the patent app now. Then I can focus more on refinement. :-)
Keith
Hard Rock University i use the table from J Farmer mining. it works vary well on micro gold down to the -200 size.
Looks like a fairly standard Wilfley table. Their video doesn't seen to show a fast throughput. What is the processing rate you are using?
Thanks,
Keith
Hard Rock University, at the mine the 4x8 running one tonn per hour. I can adjust the table stroke and speed infinity with or without a bias. It make it nice to be able to adjust the table to fit the ore and gold size as I use the table for testing as well. one thing I love is that the table is vary quite, you can talk at a normal voice standing next to it.
Sounds pretty good. What is the recovery percentage and how clean are the cons? Also, what is the price?
Keith
There is no excuse for not knowing what a clock face locks like. Those viewers must have issues.
You would be surprised at how many young people have never been exposed to a non digital clock. Sad