Testing rocks crushed from ore belt

[pczim]

Here is a test pan from some rock I crushed today - only 1kg. It is only around 2 metres deep and this belt seems to go down. I should have 20 tons of this ore to process through a stamp mill on Friday. Picture is slightly blurry.

 

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[KevinInColorado]

Cool black sand, now show us the gold

 

[TAKODA]

Here is a test pan from some rock I crushed today - only 1kg. It is only around 2 metres deep and this belt seems to go down. I should have 20 tons of this ore to process through a stamp mill on Friday. Picture is slightly blurry. View attachment 1244444

I reckon the gold is supposed to be down on that roughly made riffle lip Kevin . Hard to tell by the pic though .



I wonder do yall like to work the rock bare foot like that or is there another reason for not wearing some boots ?
Given the nature of running a stamp and rock that can be like razors seems like you would have something on
your feet . Them feets look rough man . I feel for ya .

 

[dave wiseman]

Since your using metric terms in your post...what country are you in?

 

[robert2b]

From the flag on his profile it looks like Zimbabwe.

 

[pczim]

Hi, yes in Zimbabwe, we milled 11 tons of that ore and it ran at 6.2g per ton. We have gone slightly deeper now and the grades look better. The picture is very blurry I know but the gold is at the head of the black sand..........I did not have a proper pan that day!!

 

[robert2b]

Good luck. A good start and hopefully the deeper you go the richer the ore will get.

 

[Eu_citzen]

6.2g/ton? That is good material!

 

[TAKODA]

Hi, yes in Zimbabwe, we milled 11 tons of that ore and it ran at 6.2g per ton. We have gone slightly deeper now and the grades look better. The picture is very blurry I know but the gold is at the head of the black sand..........I did not have a proper pan that day!!

Aah ...... .

 

[pczim]

Also laughing at the feet!! The guys working in the shafts take of their shoes when climbing out especially when it has been raining. Yes samples are good, we aim to extract around 40 tons of ore a week.