the one guy I talked to did some work for Freddy Dodge
Refiner; David Emslie in in Fort Collins, Colorado
Prospector's Gold & Gems | Hand Poured Silver & Gold Bars
Built myself a firebrick furnace in one View attachment 1177164 View attachment 1177165 View attachment 1177166 View attachment 1177167 View attachment 1177168 View attachment 1177169 View attachment 1177170 View attachment 1177171 afternoon, been wanting to do so for a year. Procrastination works great. Cut my brick in half, and started carving out the concave cavity with a broken knife I had laying around, to a depth of about 1". The melting dish, which is about 1" tall, sticks up about 3/8ths of an inch above the brick. The top brick, I cut with a wood chisel with straight walls. I cut the hole for the torch with a 1/2" spade bit, at 3/4" from the top edge of the brick, turned by hand to meet with the bottom of the cavity. So for about $2.00 for a firebrick, an a half hour of time, I now have a mini furnace to melt my micro fine gold.
What fuel are you using there and how long does it take to get a clean melt?
Winner winner chicken dinner. I thought his name was Dave, and I thought he posted under Goldpanner Dave, but the profile did not match. Thanks you
Nope, wasn't me. I am a chemist, but not the person who did the smelting on the Gold Rush show. (I wish!)