2000 buckets

[Doitlaynstyle]

Ran 2000 buckets through the new trommel this weekend. I hurt. The pic is the total take from one day all four trommels. Got the same amount today. Club event so all that participated got a cut.

 

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[pacog]

Do-it, was that 2000 5 gal buckets? If so that's 50 tons of material? what was the total take?

I cant wait to get out and move that much material. My Monster Hog has not been getting used like it should. It can process up to 8 tons an hour. It just uses so much water and being in the desert does not help. Gotta get my re-circulating system set up to handle the load.

 

[Oakview2]

Makes my back sore just reading the number

 

[kazcoro]

How many shovels did you guys wear out?

 

[KiddoTheMiner]

hows mining for a living comin

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

OK so that was a short tired blurb. The total take was not quite 2 ounces. With what I saw in each of my cleanouts I think someone pocketed about 2 ounces. .. but all in all I'm extremely happy with how Black Betty performed and the point was fund raising for the club. Yes those were 5 gal buckets.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Do-it, was that 2000 5 gal buckets? If so that's 50 tons of material? what was the total take? I cant wait to get out and move that much material. My Monster Hog has not been getting used like it should. It can process up to 8 tons an hour. It just uses so much water and being in the desert does not help. Gotta get my re-circulating system set up to handle the load.

So that's 1.2 grams per ton plus whatever got high graded I suppose...

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

On my usual ground we pull about a gram to a gram and a half per 100 buckets. Sometimes up to four.

 

[Doitlaynstyle]

Do-it, was that 2000 5 gal buckets? If so that's 50 tons of material? what was the total take?

I cant wait to get out and move that much material. My Monster Hog has not been getting used like it should. It can process up to 8 tons an hour. It just uses so much water and being in the desert does not help. Gotta get my re-circulating system set up to handle the load.

Ya we were using a large settling pond and by the end of the two days the silt from the clay was so thick that I was starting to see material packing behind the riffles. I had to increase the flow rate and slow the feed rate toget them to keep exchanging. One funny point was when we did the first cleanout I forgot to lock the mat down and when I fired up the pump it shot out into a freshly reclamated pond. And I had to go for a swim in silt water to get it back lol. Oh that sucked...

 

[johnnysau]

Throw those numbers in my handy dandy home made calculator comes up with $16.90 to $25.35 UP TO $67.59 per cubic yard. Using 70 lbs per bucket.