I love your videos. I am an old-time Chemical Engineer (B.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1972) and what you are doing is good, old-fashioned engineering. Any plant start-up was always a lot of work and very satisfying when it was finished, with everything up and running. It is great to watch, and every few minutes I want to pick up the phone to call and tell you how we dealt with these problems back in the day. But then you show us a solution and are on to the next issue. Not much longer and the paydirt is going to be giving up its gold.
Fantastic a notification from the King of reclamation Mr Andy Thrax absolutely love your work ethic and your passion for gold mining it’s a joy to watch you at work All the best from Glasgow Scotland 🏴 ❤
AYE!!!! A Scotsmen! In North America!!! What is this wizardry! It's an honour to host someone from "the friendly city" and how fitting to be from a city that is known for its impressive Victorian architecture and rich history and be watching us over here trying to uncover some of the oldest things GOLD! From the land of David Bowie, Franz Ferdinand, and Travis we salute you. Thanks so much for being here!
@@captureyouradventuresThanks for the kind words we also have gold mines here in gods own country about 1hour 30min from my front door. I spent 6 weeks visiting friends in Vancouver that was the first time I knew about gold claims they where in the town of Hope the scenery was outstanding ❤from Scotland 🏴
Just trying to document the whole process, we’re going to show everything, but once we’re actually mining it won’t be so “one day at a time” I know it drags on but in reality this video was only day 10 of opening the mine.
Can’t thank you enough for taking us along , my weekend isn’t complete without some andythraxx and a coffee in the morning !! Love seeing the progression and perfectionism of your operation , won’t be long now before your swimming in gold my friend !!
Man, we can't thank you enough for hanging out with us. We appreciate you being here so much and are working really hard to make the best content we can given the restraints we are working within. Not everyone understands how hard it is to run a mine site solo, work full time and pay for a film crew and editor and everything else. So your support and following along is exactly why we are working so hard. We can't wait to get into the gold just like you guys. And we're really trying to do it right so get excited because it's coming. and thank you again from the bottom of our hearts.
I know how problems and setbacks are not what anyone ever hopes for but I admire your calm demeanor and problem solving ability to fix issues with a positive attitude. This builds character. Keep moving forward!!!
Hey @7chilly. We appreciate you brother. Bianca and I thank you so much for your kind words. We are trying hard to make it enjoyable. We will keep looking for your feedback and if you want anything let us know directly in the comments here and we will do our best to make it happen for you.
@@captureyouradventures hey good to hear that you guys are looking at the audience. I hope you both are able to grow with Andy on covering the story. If it is not too much to ask, what camera are yall using and what microphone?
@@7chillywilly7 Not at all glad you are engaging and asking. Feel free to ask anything. We use a Sony A7S3 with sigma 24-70mm 2.8 DG DN 82 art series lens on a ronin RS2 gimbals with a Peter McKinnon filter. The Drone was a DJI Mavic Pro (the OG) but that's my backup drone just having an issue with Amazon sending me another one I bought DJI Mavic 3 Cine it's lost and been taking months for them to fix the issue. But going forward we will have a DJI Air 2s. 4k60p 10bit for the time being. Hope that helps.
@@7chillywilly7 Are you asking because you are looking to buy? Because I would not go with this setup now with that's out... This was the best at the time but 3-4 years later or now... there are some amazing products out that are a bit more affordable
I almost forgot tonight's Lotto649, ran at 725pm to my coop minutes away, got my $58,000,000.00 ticket, ran back, and no sluicing. If I win that cash, I'll invest, and we'll make a show of actually running the trommel and getting gold. Kinda glad I didn't force myself to wake up at the time, after the beers last night...this would've been way more entertaining then. Let's get this thing running
Andy, I'm so glad that you are knowledgeable about all of the proper way the plant should be set up. Most of us would have cranked it up and would have been loosing good gold from the start.
Andy, use redundancy to your advantage, add some riffles to that wooden trough! just as a back up. only clean it once in a while. If anything got past sluice you will be able to adjust accordingly by doing it,and checking it. Love the videos, your learning everyday!!! Great job!!
@@johnharrop5530 we did some research and from what other miners say this should be enough sluice for 25 yards per hour, but I think adding a second sluice would be really easy and very gratifying to see if it does catch any more gold.
Good idea on the ear protection while your younger. I learned the hard way. Even driving with your window slightly open for fresh air puts a lot of noise on your left ear that you may not realize. Mine ring constantly!
I agree that a "story line" with a "finish" would be good. Obviously someone with 2 subs and no videos probably doesn't understand how difficult and time consuming it can be to find the right spots for tripods and cameras where they are out of the way, but are still able to film the content wanted. Keep the videos coming Andy
Andy, keep an eye out for a sheet of tin or galvanized metal. Scoot the tailings chute away a bit and make that uphill edge a curve; im thinking you're going to have material piling up in the angle you have now. Other thing....use the foam insertable earplugs all the time on the site. Add the earmuff style like you do now, but it really helps cut down the incidental noise exposure. Tinnitus sucks, trust me. Large fans in my barn for decades, without ear protection, has made me seriously ringy-dingy and it is ZERO fun. Another contributor can be anti inflammatories like aspirin, ibuprofen, celecoxib, naproxen.....so if you take those, make sure you are stretching out and drinking lots of plain water.
you can tell the man is working by wearing a t-shirt in the snow. keep up the hard work, it will pay off just keep grind away and solving the problems as they come!
50 yrs of trades, we all got the ringing, always carry a pair of foam ear plugs in your jeans key pocket, it'll save your hearing longterm . Your job I would just put them in at day start, wear the earmuff style for added protection. Rock on!!!
Your still living my dream Andy! Hey bud just a thought I haven't watched your video all the way through yet but I was thinking when you were screwing your little wooden box together!! I think if you screwed like some thin sheet metal to the bottom and sides your waste rock would probably slide and go down a little better, just a thought! Love your video's, I have operated Heavy Equipment all my life and love it! Working on finding some decent land to claim and man it is hard to find right now! Keep the video's coming we love them!!
That ringing in your ear could also be high blood pressure my friend. I too have some tinnitus from being on an aircraft carrier. Youth is feeling invincible. But we soon find out we were wrong. Love your show buddy. I linked to you from our mutual friend Dan Hurd.
Oh wow that’s such a good point, I notice when I bend down the blood pressure in my ears and head increases and that does add to the ringing, I heard even a professional ear clean can fix it sometimes.
I'm loving it! All the nuts and bolts of fine tuning your system. It makes no sense to just rip into the ground without working equipment. Your tailings trough is going to clog in less than ten minutes of run. If it all goes south on you just pull out that wooden trough and dig a channel and stake in a blue tarp until you can build a metal tailings trough. Good luck to you out there!!!
If you are like me and you worry about losing gold I would suggest using a tarp on the tailings but dig little 1 inch ruffles before laying the tarp and then scooping a couple of those out for a quick test.
Hehehe. These types of little mishaps are why I've taught myself to think the whole process through in my head first. I've noticed that often times when "figuring things out in the process" type of thing often tend to lead to similar results of forgetting or realising some things too late and having to redo some of it. So nowadays I usually go through the process in my head by literally just standing around the work area and visualising and making a mental list of the process requirements, and set everything I need up before I start. Many people think that you would be wasting time just standing around thinking but eventually 9 times out of 10, you finish things faster because you are not making up for mistakes or things you forgot.
Very true and great advice, I know what you mean about pausing and thinking in the work site, I have a very visual mind so I can move things around in my head lol. Thank you so much for taking the time to write
Andy in that wood sluice that you built I think what I would do is line it with deep V so that way if you're losing any gold at all that deep V in the wooden sluice will catch it and it won't slow your water flow down
Superb Andy. I would happily be the new guy waving a flag though it might hitch a ride on a deer to confuse things 🤫😉🤣 Hope the Tinitus sorts itself or it will be a trip to the hearing centre. I'm lucky I don't suffer though do have to wear hearing aids ,lost 7&15% total hearing to to mostly industrial noise and music. Absolute nightmare out in the field as they not waterproof so I can't wear.
Andy! You are probably well into mining by now (its officially spring in your neck of the woods) Hope you have worked the bugs out and are getting that gold. Us folks in the interior are gearing up for our turn to chase that colour! If you are still having issues I can offer some simple guidelines (and if you want to see the actual math explaining the numbers I have, although much of it is available online). I am sure you have done your homework (you want to keep your operation simple and able to run off small pumps with small volumes, keeps costs down) but I am going to offer you what I have seen on plants that are running optimally with similar equipment. 1.5" (3.75cm) to 2" (5cm) drop over 12" of sluice, and occasionally up to 2.5" (6.25cm). As for water volume it depends on the depth of riffles, size of largest material that will be passing over your sluice, and velocity required to keep the riffles live/active (this depends on heavy concentrate/lighter gravel ratios and the make-up of said cons ie. Magnetite, hematite, ilmenite, scheelite etc.....). Alright getting to the point. 400L/min per 12"(30cm) of sluice width at an absolute minimum. 600L probably better (systems employing deeper riffles and larger screen sizes 1"+ may require +1000L/min per 12" width. A sample of your raw material screened to the size that passes onto the sluice can be analyzed and suggestions made. Obviously different systems work with less or more water volume/sluice slope. Folks running hand slices or high bankers will tell of their "success" with limited water and slope etc... but that DOES NOT mean you are running efficiently!!!! Sorry for the rant but my jealousy reared its ugly head as I am on "vacation" and really I just want to dig some dirt!!
Awesome technical information Jared, thank you so much for taking the time to write this to me. By the sounds of it my sluice needs to be a fair bit steeper and that makes so much more sense now that I think of it.
Can’t wait to see the results!! Your work with the square shovel was top notch.. makes me think of the old timers doing the same work, more than a century ago with flumes and gravity
I think it's best to build your own washplant to be most familiar with its workings. Once your dialed in and washing, its critical to keep it producing. Breakdowns can be fixed quicker knowing where your components came from and knowing your plant intimately, you have to own it. Trapper Scotty, Alaskan
I forgot to mention it last time but invest in a heat blanket or a box oven for pvc pipe we use them all the time in the electrical feild to make bends on the fly. I think a company called greenly makes them. Im sure there are others.
It's looking good, Andy, and it's really starting to come together. I to have the dredded ear ringing 30 yrs of diesel fitting and military service. It's great that you highlight the importance of PPE because in your situation, it would be so easy to do whatever you wanted on your claim, seeing you are the only one there. Great vid mate, thanks
awe Andy the suspense is ........are we nearly there yet. And I can tell its there in your mind too if you are spotting nugget illusions. Great stuff but you took the $90 part out anyway
You're actually wearing one of your infamous bulletproof and explosion proof hoodies! On camera! It happend! It was real! I saw it! Today has been an epic day...
I love the edit Andy you did a great job and getting better with every video. What program do you use to make all the extras for your videos? I loved the sluice box graphic 👍🏻
That's funny I work alone mostly and I refer to me as we too ,and my mind sounds just like that when I go into figure mode very funny and great representation ,looking good brother
Maybe time to build up the pad the trommel sets on to raise the level the sluice is at? Just an idea. Set up is a job all unto itself I swear! Looking good all together man, keep up the good work!
@@ANDYTHRAXX If you can get ahold of a grizzly, maybe you can start separating material and use the courser tailings as material for the trommel pad, and you'll stockpile washable paydirt at the same time.
Yes, do this of you can. Need height for fine and coarse tailings to build up so you are not having to shutdown to deal with them all the time. Ideally if you had the room you would have your trommel at the same elevation of the road and then scoop down to your pay pile with the ex.
Yes, he does it's on his website. We will be working on getting the new website up and running and we have found a new provider of merch fulfillment as the current one that is being used was leaving orders unanswered for weeks and ghosting us. So if you want to email us we can be sure to get you a link once the new website comes in. Just go to the about section here on youtube under this channel and contact email click the box and then shoot us an email. and... Thanks Alex, We appreciate the thought of support. Really awesome of you.
Please, get a nut driver for those clamps. When its cold trying to keep that screw driver aligned is a PITA. Princess Auto sells sets, folding sets or a single one IF all of the heads are the same size
I am enjoying watching this on my TV but my TV You Tube won't allow me to watch the whole video. I have to watch it on my phone if I want to see the whole video 😢😢😢
5:20 HEH.... I've had tinnitus LITERALLY ALL of my life. The trick is to learn to filter it out because if you screw up and start LISTENING to it, it will grow SO LOUD you'll go insane!
Love the way you add stuff like "THE MATH" !! =-) Too Funny Man !! Way too much thinking !! ;~) I busted a gut ! Laughed so hard ! Legendary !!
getting closer !!!!
I love your videos. I am an old-time Chemical Engineer (B.S. 1967, Ph.D. 1972) and what you are doing is good, old-fashioned engineering. Any plant start-up was always a lot of work and very satisfying when it was finished, with everything up and running.
It is great to watch, and every few minutes I want to pick up the phone to call and tell you how we dealt with these problems back in the day. But then you show us a solution and are on to the next issue. Not much longer and the paydirt is going to be giving up its gold.
I really appreciate you taking the time to write such awesome words, thank you
The stud of all studs,!!
Fantastic a notification from the King of reclamation Mr Andy Thrax absolutely love your work ethic and your passion for gold mining it’s a joy to watch you at work All the best from Glasgow Scotland 🏴 ❤
AYE!!!! A Scotsmen! In North America!!! What is this wizardry! It's an honour to host someone from "the friendly city" and how fitting to be from a city that is known for its impressive Victorian architecture and rich history and be watching us over here trying to uncover some of the oldest things GOLD! From the land of David Bowie, Franz Ferdinand, and Travis we salute you. Thanks so much for being here!
@@captureyouradventuresThanks for the kind words we also have gold mines here in gods own country about 1hour 30min from my front door. I spent 6 weeks visiting friends in Vancouver that was the first time I knew about gold claims they where in the town of Hope the scenery was outstanding ❤from Scotland 🏴
Your such a hard worker andy pretty rare in todays youth i hope you inspire them like you have done for me thanks for sharing and being just you
Andy, it looks like some of the natives are getting restless, don't they know good things come to those who wait patience is a virtue!!
Awesome video getting close! 👍😎❤️
I cant wait till august when we get to see you sluice, these tinkering videos are fun but become redundant
Just trying to document the whole process, we’re going to show everything, but once we’re actually mining it won’t be so “one day at a time” I know it drags on but in reality this video was only day 10 of opening the mine.
Andy well hopefully everything goes smoothly around this time Maybe you'll be making gold on the next one Fireman 🔥🔥🔥
Problem solving at it amazing best! You rock! Andy!!
Time to see some real sluicing, the anticipation is killing me.
Can’t thank you enough for taking us along , my weekend isn’t complete without some andythraxx and a coffee in the morning !! Love seeing the progression and perfectionism of your operation , won’t be long now before your swimming in gold my friend !!
Man, we can't thank you enough for hanging out with us. We appreciate you being here so much and are working really hard to make the best content we can given the restraints we are working within. Not everyone understands how hard it is to run a mine site solo, work full time and pay for a film crew and editor and everything else. So your support and following along is exactly why we are working so hard. We can't wait to get into the gold just like you guys. And we're really trying to do it right so get excited because it's coming. and thank you again from the bottom of our hearts.
You're doing a fantastic job! The hot chocolate/tea/coffee bill must be astronomical.
Ps...look at a bicycle flag....🤣🤪🚩
This kind of stuff deserves way more views. UA-cam must be managed by bud light
I know how problems and setbacks are not what anyone ever hopes for but I admire your calm demeanor and problem solving ability to fix issues with a positive attitude. This builds character. Keep moving forward!!!
That's the way to do it, boots on the ground! Nice job, keep living the dream! Tick tock we're on the clock! JacobsBrand out!
this is going to be another great Video
Great to see you getting close!! Get the GOLD!!
I'm glad that you are showing the ups and downs of mining ⛏️👍😎
Great video Andy! I love the trouble shooting and problem solving.
Hit from the bong! ❤️💛💚
Great video. Really like seeing you sharing your building experience.
Nice job, Andy. The positive and tense change both shine through, ^5!
I did not know you needed one inch of fall for every foot length of your sluice. Thank you for that. Hoping to see you this summer.
Andy, lead on ! A hard dream job.
I love the filming and editing! Great work and good to see things moving along!
Hey @7chilly. We appreciate you brother. Bianca and I thank you so much for your kind words. We are trying hard to make it enjoyable. We will keep looking for your feedback and if you want anything let us know directly in the comments here and we will do our best to make it happen for you.
@@captureyouradventures hey good to hear that you guys are looking at the audience. I hope you both are able to grow with Andy on covering the story. If it is not too much to ask, what camera are yall using and what microphone?
@@7chillywilly7 Not at all glad you are engaging and asking. Feel free to ask anything. We use a Sony A7S3 with sigma 24-70mm 2.8 DG DN 82 art series lens on a ronin RS2 gimbals with a Peter McKinnon filter. The Drone was a DJI Mavic Pro (the OG) but that's my backup drone just having an issue with Amazon sending me another one I bought DJI Mavic 3 Cine it's lost and been taking months for them to fix the issue. But going forward we will have a DJI Air 2s. 4k60p 10bit for the time being. Hope that helps.
@@7chillywilly7 Are you asking because you are looking to buy? Because I would not go with this setup now with that's out... This was the best at the time but 3-4 years later or now... there are some amazing products out that are a bit more affordable
Can't wait to see your first clean out! Looking good!
Nice set up. Thanks for showing us.
Awesome Andy so true you think you have it figured out & well it’s modification time 👍🏻
I almost forgot tonight's Lotto649, ran at 725pm to my coop minutes away, got my $58,000,000.00 ticket, ran back, and no sluicing. If I win that cash, I'll invest, and we'll make a show of actually running the trommel and getting gold. Kinda glad I didn't force myself to wake up at the time, after the beers last night...this would've been way more entertaining then.
Let's get this thing running
Another cool video. Just waiting to see the beast running and getting that gold
Thank you Andy. 👍👍🤟🤙🤘
Andy, I'm so glad that you are knowledgeable about all of the proper way the plant should be set up. Most of us would have cranked it up and would have been loosing good gold from the start.
It's called trial and error, live and learn. He's halfway there
Andy, use redundancy to your advantage, add some riffles to that wooden trough! just as a back up. only clean it once in a while. If anything got past sluice you will be able to adjust accordingly by doing it,and checking it. Love the videos, your learning everyday!!! Great job!!
Yeah I reckon that the sluice box is way too short
Such a great idea, I can’t wait to try that and see what slips past.
@@johnharrop5530 we did some research and from what other miners say this should be enough sluice for 25 yards per hour, but I think adding a second sluice would be really easy and very gratifying to see if it does catch any more gold.
Keep after it brother! The dream will become reality before you know it!
Love watching your endeavours, cant wait for it all to gel together, which I am sure it will. All the best from the UK.👍🤞
Awesome Andy, have a wonderful day!
Proud to see how far you are coming! Thank you for bringing us along for the ride! I think you and I both can’t wait for a little bit more sunshine 😂
I just had to resub you. Great video brotatorchip. Thank you for sharing
Good idea on the ear protection while your younger. I learned the hard way. Even driving with your window slightly open for fresh air puts a lot of noise on your left ear that you may not realize. Mine ring constantly!
I agree that a "story line" with a "finish" would be good. Obviously someone with 2 subs and no videos probably doesn't understand how difficult and time consuming it can be to find the right spots for tripods and cameras where they are out of the way, but are still able to film the content wanted.
Keep the videos coming Andy
Andy, keep an eye out for a sheet of tin or galvanized metal. Scoot the tailings chute away a bit and make that uphill edge a curve; im thinking you're going to have material piling up in the angle you have now.
Other thing....use the foam insertable earplugs all the time on the site. Add the earmuff style like you do now, but it really helps cut down the incidental noise exposure.
Tinnitus sucks, trust me. Large fans in my barn for decades, without ear protection, has made me seriously ringy-dingy and it is ZERO fun. Another contributor can be anti inflammatories like aspirin, ibuprofen, celecoxib, naproxen.....so if you take those, make sure you are stretching out and drinking lots of plain water.
All little things to sort out sure take a minute when you're a one man army. Thanks for taking us on the adventure
You Crack me up man, I love this video! 😂 Not to mention you're working in the snow in short sleeves you're a maniac!
Love it once again an amazing vid, keep it up and cant wait till the next one!
Andy..You are gonna have a solid summer up at your claim..weather gonna be epic
you can tell the man is working by wearing a t-shirt in the snow. keep up the hard work, it will pay off just keep grind away and solving the problems as they come!
Hope to see a full days run when the set-up is complete!!
50 yrs of trades, we all got the ringing, always carry a pair of foam ear plugs in your jeans key pocket, it'll save your hearing longterm . Your job I would just put them in at day start, wear the earmuff style for added protection. Rock on!!!
Your still living my dream Andy! Hey bud just a thought I haven't watched your video all the way through yet but I was thinking when you were screwing your little wooden box together!! I think if you screwed like some thin sheet metal to the bottom and sides your waste rock would probably slide and go down a little better, just a thought! Love your video's, I have operated Heavy Equipment all my life and love it! Working on finding some decent land to claim and man it is hard to find right now! Keep the video's coming we love them!!
Great ideas !! I hope you find a claim soon, and cheers to operating heavy equipment, I’m in love with it.
Love your stuff Andy. You and I think very much alike always problem solving on the fly
That ringing in your ear could also be high blood pressure my friend. I too have some tinnitus from being on an aircraft carrier. Youth is feeling invincible. But we soon find out we were wrong.
Love your show buddy. I linked to you from our mutual friend Dan Hurd.
Oh wow that’s such a good point, I notice when I bend down the blood pressure in my ears and head increases and that does add to the ringing, I heard even a professional ear clean can fix it sometimes.
@@ANDYTHRAXX yes, it does. The bending over and feeling it, may suggest it 🥲 but that just means you can’t eat good food anymore🤣🤣
Yuss a new episode! Always stoked when one of this hit the tube!!! Watching now.
Really want to see the dirt moving. Set up is cool and all but ready to see some action!
longer episodes mate. Keep em coming.
We run our sluice boxes at 9 degrees Andy. It catches every speck of gold.
Great to know, thanks for taking the time to share this
Stellar!
I'm loving it! All the nuts and bolts of fine tuning your system. It makes no sense to just rip into the ground without working equipment. Your tailings trough is going to clog in less than ten minutes of run. If it all goes south on you just pull out that wooden trough and dig a channel and stake in a blue tarp until you can build a metal tailings trough. Good luck to you out there!!!
Great suggestions, thank you very much
If you are like me and you worry about losing gold I would suggest using a tarp on the tailings but dig little 1 inch ruffles before laying the tarp and then scooping a couple of those out for a quick test.
Hehehe. These types of little mishaps are why I've taught myself to think the whole process through in my head first. I've noticed that often times when "figuring things out in the process" type of thing often tend to lead to similar results of forgetting or realising some things too late and having to redo some of it.
So nowadays I usually go through the process in my head by literally just standing around the work area and visualising and making a mental list of the process requirements, and set everything I need up before I start.
Many people think that you would be wasting time just standing around thinking but eventually 9 times out of 10, you finish things faster because you are not making up for mistakes or things you forgot.
Very true and great advice, I know what you mean about pausing and thinking in the work site, I have a very visual mind so I can move things around in my head lol.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write
I use an angle level. You can set the angle and use the bubble like a regular level. ~5-7 degrees. Great vid 😉👍
Excellent work Andy, great problem solving. All the small things you spend time fine tuning will save you headaches later down the road. Good job.
Last option for tailings is rubber sheeting like a pond liner or heavy duty reinforced plastic sheeting
Andy in that wood sluice that you built I think what I would do is line it with deep V so that way if you're losing any gold at all that deep V in the wooden sluice will catch it and it won't slow your water flow down
Fantastic idea !!
So sick brotha love every one of these videos!! ur busting ur ba11s out there man and its very knowticeable keep up the amaizing work
Cant wait to see it in action
Ready for another trial run. Hopefully this one balances all the low flow issues and the need for throughput to make maximum recovery happen.
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Superb Andy. I would happily be the new guy waving a flag though it might hitch a ride on a deer to confuse things 🤫😉🤣
Hope the Tinitus sorts itself or it will be a trip to the hearing centre. I'm lucky I don't suffer though do have to wear hearing aids ,lost 7&15% total hearing to to mostly industrial noise and music. Absolute nightmare out in the field as they not waterproof so I can't wear.
Andy! You are probably well into mining by now (its officially spring in your neck of the woods) Hope you have worked the bugs out and are getting that gold. Us folks in the interior are gearing up for our turn to chase that colour!
If you are still having issues I can offer some simple guidelines (and if you want to see the actual math explaining the numbers I have, although much of it is available online).
I am sure you have done your homework (you want to keep your operation simple and able to run off small pumps with small volumes, keeps costs down) but I am going to offer you what I have seen on plants that are running optimally with similar equipment.
1.5" (3.75cm) to 2" (5cm) drop over 12" of sluice, and occasionally up to 2.5" (6.25cm).
As for water volume it depends on the depth of riffles, size of largest material that will be passing over your sluice, and velocity required to keep the riffles live/active (this depends on heavy concentrate/lighter gravel ratios and the make-up of said cons ie. Magnetite, hematite, ilmenite, scheelite etc.....).
Alright getting to the point. 400L/min per 12"(30cm) of sluice width at an absolute minimum. 600L probably better (systems employing deeper riffles and larger screen sizes 1"+ may require +1000L/min per 12" width.
A sample of your raw material screened to the size that passes onto the sluice can be analyzed and suggestions made.
Obviously different systems work with less or more water volume/sluice slope. Folks running hand slices or high bankers will tell of their "success" with limited water and slope etc... but that DOES NOT mean you are running efficiently!!!!
Sorry for the rant but my jealousy reared its ugly head as I am on "vacation" and really I just want to dig some dirt!!
Awesome technical information Jared, thank you so much for taking the time to write this to me. By the sounds of it my sluice needs to be a fair bit steeper and that makes so much more sense now that I think of it.
C’mon dude hurry up with the next vid. All the suspense has me hooked asf, I don’t ever go looking to see if a vid is up yet😆🇦🇺
Can’t wait to see the results!! Your work with the square shovel was top notch.. makes me think of the old timers doing the same work, more than a century ago with flumes and gravity
Love it
Nice gonna be nice see how the fixs find cold
I think it's best to build your own washplant to be most familiar with its workings. Once your dialed in and washing, its critical to keep it producing. Breakdowns can be fixed quicker knowing where your components came from and knowing your plant intimately, you have to own it. Trapper Scotty, Alaskan
Very good points Scotty, I agree, it certainly makes repairs faster when you have had it all apart before
I forgot to mention it last time but invest in a heat blanket or a box oven for pvc pipe we use them all the time in the electrical feild to make bends on the fly. I think a company called greenly makes them. Im sure there are others.
Great ideas Justin, thank you so much
It's looking good, Andy, and it's really starting to come together. I to have the dredded ear ringing 30 yrs of diesel fitting and military service. It's great that you highlight the importance of PPE because in your situation, it would be so easy to do whatever you wanted on your claim, seeing you are the only one there. Great vid mate, thanks
awe Andy the suspense is ........are we nearly there yet. And I can tell its there in your mind too if you are spotting nugget illusions.
Great stuff but you took the $90 part out anyway
Lol the “calculating” scene 😂
You're actually wearing one of your infamous bulletproof and explosion proof hoodies! On camera! It happend! It was real! I saw it!
Today has been an epic day...
I love you. So happy people notice!
Hahahah, it’s the safest hoodie.
Dude congrats on your channels growing success, I see you flying 🍻😊
good video great tips
Interesting information on things golden!... you gonna show us some?
I love the edit Andy you did a great job and getting better with every video. What program do you use to make all the extras for your videos? I loved the sluice box graphic 👍🏻
Just turn it on! 1 pump 4 inch is more than enough! Remember in New-Zealand they burn $20,- a day fuel to run the trommel!
Sweet ⛏️⛏️
It was good watching mate, I hope you get all the setting up done, so you can get stuck into your pay, great show, I woke up just in time.
Grab a cheap blue tarp and replace the wood totally. Covers a greater area and stops erosion.
That's funny I work alone mostly and I refer to me as we too ,and my mind sounds just like that when I go into figure mode very funny and great representation ,looking good brother
Hahah, I know what you mean, I can’t say I or me, it’s always been We lol 😆
I appreciate you writing
I've had ringing in my ears most of my life and I didn't do anything to cause it by loud music or anything like that it's just happens
hopefully some big nuggets get found :)
Maybe time to build up the pad the trommel sets on to raise the level the sluice is at? Just an idea. Set up is a job all unto itself I swear! Looking good all together man, keep up the good work!
You are very right, I used quite sloppy material for the pad as everything is so wet here, raising the trommel even just 2’ would be great
@@ANDYTHRAXX If you can get ahold of a grizzly, maybe you can start separating material and use the courser tailings as material for the trommel pad, and you'll stockpile washable paydirt at the same time.
Yes, do this of you can. Need height for fine and coarse tailings to build up so you are not having to shutdown to deal with them all the time. Ideally if you had the room you would have your trommel at the same elevation of the road and then scoop down to your pay pile with the ex.
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Do you sell any sweatshirts like the one you are wearing in this video?
Yes, he does it's on his website. We will be working on getting the new website up and running and we have found a new provider of merch fulfillment as the current one that is being used was leaving orders unanswered for weeks and ghosting us. So if you want to email us we can be sure to get you a link once the new website comes in. Just go to the about section here on youtube under this channel and contact email click the box and then shoot us an email. and... Thanks Alex, We appreciate the thought of support. Really awesome of you.
Maybe a second Pronpainius for the next build. 🤔 lols
Please, get a nut driver for those clamps. When its cold trying to keep that screw driver aligned is a PITA. Princess Auto sells sets, folding sets or a single one IF all of the heads are the same size
I am enjoying watching this on my TV but my TV You Tube won't allow me to watch the whole video. I have to watch it on my phone if I want to see the whole video 😢😢😢
Have you sorted out the screen bowing ?
What about this? Does the hose need to be that tough or it would bulge and not give you the pressure you want?
It could bulge but I think as long as it doesn’t tear it would be fine.
5:20 HEH.... I've had tinnitus LITERALLY ALL of my life.
The trick is to learn to filter it out because if you screw up and start LISTENING to it, it will grow SO LOUD you'll go insane!
Cypress hill!
nice video! mining and latin lessons. More than just a pretty face.