HAS ANYONE TRIED WATER SUSPENSION TO KEEP WATER AT THE BOTTOM CLEAN ?

[keepmehumblelord]

So water can be used for a numerous amount of things. I want to see if anyone has tried this before i put a bunch of time into it. So being in arizona you have to haul water in. Well what if you have 3 tubs say 75 gallons each. On the first tub at a 60 mesh screen and have it angled over the tub so all the dirt rocks etc from the tailing falls onto the ground. Then the last tub or even 2 tub you could use a pump and use pvc to match up the inside bottom of the tub and then every inch go into the center of the tub with a square patern all the way through and then have holes drilled and the water spraying out of the holes would create a permanent suspension for all lights (clay and silts) and then it would recirculate this way. Once you notice the water is so nasty add new water to the last tank. Doing this seems you could run 10-20 yard no problem with 200 gallons of water.

 

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[bakergeol]

So water can be used for a numerous amount of things. I want to see if anyone has tried this before i put a bunch of time into it. So being in arizona you have to haul water in. Well what if you have 3 tubs say 75 gallons each. On the first tub at a 60 mesh screen and have it angled over the tub so all the dirt rocks etc from the tailing falls onto the ground. Then the last tub or even 2 tub you could use a pump and use pvc to match up the inside bottom of the tub and then every inch go into the center of the tub with a square patern all the way through and then have holes drilled and the water spraying out of the holes would create a permanent suspension for all lights (clay and silts) and then it would recirculate this way. Once you notice the water is so nasty add new water to the last tank. Doing this seems you could run 10-20 yard no problem with 200 gallons of water.

The wettability factor will prevent you from using 200 gallons of water to run 10-20yards. Your clays and silts will quickly overwhelm your system if not removed. Hydrocyclones can remove clays and silts but they are expensive and the water loss thru the apex is too much (1gallon/min with 4" hydrocyclone). Current practice is to use settling buckets or ponds.

But good luck on your quest.
George

 

[AU Seeker]

You would want the sediments to drop to the bottom and stay there and not to be mixed with the water by turbulence from water jetting upwards, that would just keep the sediments mixing with the water they wouldn't stay at the top, gravity is your friend when working a wet operation so use it instead.

Many people use a setup similar to what you describe, but they have 3 or more tubs connected with PCV piping miday up the tubs with a bucket with holes at the upper part of the bucket in the first tub to catch most of the heavier sediments and trapped them there, the water runs into the second tub and then the third tub where the pump is placed elevated off the bottom to avoid any left over sediments being pulled in to the pump, by the time the water gets to the third or last tub most of the heavier sediments aided by gravity have been either trapped by the bucket or dropped to the bottom of the tubs and the water will be as clean as it can be under the circumstances.