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Sulphuric Acid Pre-Treatment Test On Concentrates
I am still trying to figure out why I can't recover anywhere near the assay values on this ore.
This time I tried pre-treating the concentrates, after roasting, with sulphuric acid to see if it would improve the recovery in my smelt.
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Відео

Working at the Mine and Pulling a Sample!
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I spent a weekend at one of my claims doing some work and pulling a sample! It was wet, but I always enjoy sweating at my claims!
Milling sample from last trip to the mine!
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The ore looked good, but didn't give up much gold. I have found some nice visible gold in this mine, and maybe if I blast out a bigger sample, I could find a nice pocket.
Southwest Oregon Lode Mining!
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After over a year away from working the inside of this mine, I'm back to see if the gold is getting better!
Northern Oregon Cascades Gold!
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I took a sample from a roadside quartz vein, in an area not known for gold mining. I've known about this spot for years, but I've never ran a sample through my current mill set up. This is proof that there is gold in areas that are not known for it! #lodegold #oregongold #goldiswhereyoufindit #MtHood #lodegoldmining #goldmining
Ore test for gold loss
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I'm trying to figure out where my gold is being lost. Feel free to share any advice you may have!
Widening the shaft with the Sierra Blaster System!
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This was my first time using the Sierra Baster System, and it worked great! There isn't much of a learning curve to using it. The main thing was cleaning out the holes, and making sure the wire for the cartridge was seated all the way into the groove so it wouldn't get damaged when pushing the blast head into the hole. I was drilling into mostly very hard greenstone with quartz. The Sierra Blas...
Mining and milling a load of ore!
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Mining and milling a load of ore!
Changing Stutenroth impact mill hammers
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This was my first time changing the hammers in my Stutenroth impact mill. I couldn't find any videos showing it being done, so I thought I would show the process. I also couldn't find any videos that really showed what the inside of one looked like, so it will be useful for anyone looking at getting one.
Is the oversized material from my mill worth re-milling?
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Is the oversized material from my mill worth re-milling?
Is there gold in the quartz on the South Umpqua river??
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Is there gold in the quartz on the South Umpqua river??
Gold ore mill on a budget
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Gold ore mill on a budget
Test run with new classifier
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Test run with new classifier
Assay and ore test
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Assay and ore test
Sampling a cool mine!
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Sampling a cool mine!
Secret mine SW Oregon!!
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Secret mine SW Oregon!!
Panning Lode Gold
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Panning Lode Gold
Mill run from shaft, and MBMLLC shaker table vs Action Mining wave table
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Mill run from shaft, and MBMLLC shaker table vs Action Mining wave table
Mud seam lode gold South West Oregon
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Mud seam lode gold South West Oregon
SW Oregon lode mining
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SW Oregon lode mining
Hillbilly vibrating screen
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Hillbilly vibrating screen
Cleaner water test run.
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Cleaner water test run.
Another test run
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Another test run
Christmas Eve, Covid, test run
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Christmas Eve, Covid, test run
New gold ore mill test run
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New gold ore mill test run

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  • @edwardeplett3231
    @edwardeplett3231 4 дні тому

    What’s the history on the mine how many ounces per ton ?

    • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
      @bigdsminingandmilling8421 3 дні тому

      @@edwardeplett3231 it hasn’t been really worked since probably the 70’s. They found some rich ore back in the 1930’s.

  • @raytruesdell7873
    @raytruesdell7873 12 днів тому

    Finally sound around 3 minute mark still great content be safe everyone

  • @christopherleubner6633
    @christopherleubner6633 16 днів тому

    Step 1 grind and roast your ore. If you likr you can capture the vapors to get all kinds of stuff. Take your roasted ore and density sort to concentrate it. Take your concentrates and roast again and mix with aluminum nachining chips or charcoal sand and limesone in a cone furnace. At the bottom will be your metals mostly copper iron lead silver and gold. Electrolyze this in sulfuric acid to get copper and remove iron then heat to decomposition to get a button using charcoal and borax and cupelle the rest to get silver and gold. Use nitric to get silver then filter crude gold off. Use streetips methods to refine disolved silver and crude gold. Any questions i could help with this, also streetips could probably do so as well.❤

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 17 днів тому

    Enjoyed this one but dang that's frustrating sitting on a pile of good ore and not getting the gold out of it. I've roasted pyrite ore before and maybe you know the answer to this. Should you use a magnet to get the iron out of the roasted cons or does that bring the gold with it? Trying to figure out the best way to get gold out of pyrite cons.

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 16 днів тому

      Gold is a byproduct of your ore even if it's "gold ore" get lots of silver copper iron and lead. The trick is to get an ingot of mixed metal and electrolyze it to grab copper. Then you got silver sulfate plus gold. Roast with charcoal then use nitric to concentrate your gold and disolve lead and silver. ❤😊

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 17 днів тому

    Pretty looking ore! Those crickets look like a Bill Gates 5 star meal. Was the perfect song for cleaning that adit out.

  • @garrettmillsap
    @garrettmillsap 20 днів тому

    I sure don't have any tips to help you but I do enjoy seeing your process.

  • @bosrecreationalmining
    @bosrecreationalmining 20 днів тому

    smelt with a 1 oz silver coin insted of lead

  • @bosrecreationalmining
    @bosrecreationalmining 20 днів тому

    omg so much to tell you. acid wash with an oxidizer (oxi clean) and water + heat 120F + agitation. then raise the ph to 11 and leach with an alchaline leach like eco gold ex then precipitate with zinc and wash with sulphuric. then smalt the blacks.

    • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
      @bigdsminingandmilling8421 19 днів тому

      @@bosrecreationalmining thanks man! I watched your video on treating the sulfides with oxyclean and muratic acid. Looking forward to the next one!

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 16 днів тому

      Yes zinc is a great collector if your ore has a low iron content.

  • @OGRocker1
    @OGRocker1 22 дні тому

    Nice.... Howdy from Gold Hill... good to see hard rock mining going on again here in southern Oregon... new sub ! till the next, take care and stay safe. ⛏⚒⛏

  • @hrvstmusic
    @hrvstmusic 23 дні тому

    How long did those bucket handles end up lasting for?

    • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
      @bigdsminingandmilling8421 22 дні тому

      @@hrvstmusic the bottoms of the buckets seem to rust out before the handles give out. They bend, but hold up pretty good.

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 Місяць тому

    The hunt continues! Maybe the vein is pockety. Ran into that on a vein I was working on hit one area ran a bucket figured it was about 1/2 opt got a whole bunch more buckets and they averaged 0.1 opt. Happy prospecting! Nice mill too.

  • @Stand.Your.Ground.
    @Stand.Your.Ground. Місяць тому

    I know exactly wheee you are, I found a human leg 2 years ago there.

  • @Stand.Your.Ground.
    @Stand.Your.Ground. Місяць тому

    Great vid just need to work on audio editing! Honestly so happy to see Oregon lode mining going on! I’m a placer miner but very interested in hard rock! Thanks for sharing!

  • @179joshua
    @179joshua Місяць тому

    Nice video mate keep them coming 👏

  • @garrettmillsap
    @garrettmillsap Місяць тому

    Gonna find more next time

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 Місяць тому

    sooo many sulfides. keep up the good work big D :)

  • @rondill8429
    @rondill8429 Місяць тому

    Cant hear anything!!!

  • @RyanMartin-wg7gm
    @RyanMartin-wg7gm Місяць тому

    Good to see ya Brother thanks 🎉

  • @179joshua
    @179joshua Місяць тому

    Can't wait for the milling video

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 Місяць тому

    Great video! Looking forward to seeing your results at the mill. Vein sure looks good.

  • @GSProspecting
    @GSProspecting Місяць тому

    What a blast fam 😎. Great job all around. I would love to learn how to do this. Just amazing work. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

  • @garrettmillsap
    @garrettmillsap Місяць тому

    I would for sure focus on where the vein turns. Glad to see an upload from ya

  • @ColoradoDroneAdventures-s9h
    @ColoradoDroneAdventures-s9h Місяць тому

    your sound is turned off!!!!!!

    • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
      @bigdsminingandmilling8421 Місяць тому

      My microphone wasn't working in the beginning, so you have to turn your volume up. I'm not the best videographer!

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 Місяць тому

    That was excellent, just what I wanted to see, a working tour of your mill. good score on the conveyors and auger :)

  • @conquip
    @conquip 2 місяці тому

    The mill assembly weighs several hundred pounds. It is normally very well balanced and rotates easily. When changing out the impact plates it does cause the weight on the shaft to become unbalanced. The new plates are sharp edged with low clearance between the plate and the striker plates. If a finger or other body part becomes trapped between the two edges it can result in severing a body part. The mill needs to be locked in place when working on the plates. That could be done with vise-grips or a similar method to prevent accidental rotation. Approximately how many tons of feed resulted in the amount of wear that resulted? How worn were the stationary striker plates. The spacing between the impact plate and striker plate intersection needs to be very tight for maximum reduction. The smaller the gap the longer the feed rock will remain in the impact chamber. I do have a lot of pictures of the inside of the mill. It is very well balanced, and well made.

  • @noeltremblay5343
    @noeltremblay5343 4 місяці тому

    👍😁

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Really enjoyed the video. Good looking ore and inventive way to make a hoist.

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Great test. Thanks for sharing the results!

  • @littlehills739
    @littlehills739 6 місяців тому

    wasnt the point of this. to have a weight on the blaster to apply pressure

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Super interesting! Hope you get it dialed in and get better recoveries. Always wanted to monkey around with floatation but not knowledgeable enough to.

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Great setup where'd you get the hoist? I'm a vevor fan.

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Super cool find! Oregon is great at hiding veins usually.

  • @redneckminer7264
    @redneckminer7264 6 місяців тому

    Excellent informative video! Always was considering the action wave table. Ended up buying an Eastern Oregon mine with an ancient wilfrey table. Do have one of the small action impact mills and love it. Does either one do a better job of getting the gold cleaned out from the sulfides?

  • @GSProspecting
    @GSProspecting 6 місяців тому

    Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

  • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
    @bigdsminingandmilling8421 6 місяців тому

    I agree. It would probably leach really well, with the low amount of sulfides. Too bad it’s withdrawn from claiming.

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 6 місяців тому

    very cool, nice to see some G'. It's possible that this ore might not be gravity recoverable. leach might be the way 2go'.

  • @QueernMental
    @QueernMental 7 місяців тому

    Silicosis aint no joke. at least filter that through a ciggrit eh

  • @somsackvongsa7077
    @somsackvongsa7077 7 місяців тому

    Check out my adventure gold prospector youtuber.

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    fascinating :)

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    looks good! Hope this pays you really well in G'

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    nice! good tutorial :)

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    def worth regrinding, that's a nice gold line, especially at todays G price.

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    nice gold line at the end :)

  • @AUMINER1
    @AUMINER1 7 місяців тому

    One of the nicer setups i've seen! I really like the quad ore cart tilt, that's a great idea!

  • @garrettmillsap
    @garrettmillsap 8 місяців тому

    Well done

  • @GSProspecting
    @GSProspecting 8 місяців тому

    Great job all around fam. Keep on having fun getting that Au and living the dream. Gold Squad Out 🤠

  • @chupacabra1765
    @chupacabra1765 8 місяців тому

    Looks overly complicated with those stupid heads and rods, stem the holes with quick set grout and hook the wires up to a long main blasting wire sndcset it off with a car battery.

  • @Starboardsideprospecting
    @Starboardsideprospecting 10 місяців тому

    I have prospected right where you were. Alot of overburden! Being you have dredged it...any suggestions?

    • @bigdsminingandmilling8421
      @bigdsminingandmilling8421 9 місяців тому

      I found some decent gold upstream a bit where the bedrock wasn't so deep. other than that I haven't found much there.

  • @Lucysdad66
    @Lucysdad66 11 місяців тому

    We use to split rocks with a gelatin solution and a shot gun shell I've split rocks 10 to 15 foot across we would go along and split all the big rocks and then the excavator would come behind with a 10,000lb breaker.

  • @FeldwebelWolfenstool
    @FeldwebelWolfenstool 11 місяців тому

    ...there's also the Microblaster, available in Canada for many years now. Non-electric. It utilizes a firing pin to detonate the cartridge. The ooomph is provided to the pin by compressed air, using a standard co2 cartridge in a bike inflator. I just use a bicycle foot pump...1,2,3,4, Bang.