All things hardrock ...

[gold tramp]

Im gonna head back up to my prospect journal..
Leave here with a pic of that bead of Hg thats now fully pregnant, it will hold a bit more before it turns crumbly..
This is from last few days of sampling table cons and ore crushins...

Ore crushing sample station and crusher chute...

Anyways got about 1 ton crushed and wear plate got a spot all the way through, dadgum hard rocks.
I have to shut down crushin move my power plant back to the arrastra, tear down jaw crusher make new plates..
So it's back to grindin and washin pulp...
Gt..

 

[BlasterJ]

Im gonna head back up to my prospect journal..
Leave here with a pic of that bead of Hg thats now fully pregnant, it will hold a bit more before it turns crumbly..
This is from last few days of sampling table cons and ore crushins...

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Ore crushing sample station and crusher chute...

Anyways got about 1 ton crushed and wear plate got a spot all the way through, dadgum hard rocks.
I have to shut down crushin move my power plant back to the arrastra, tear down jaw crusher make new plates..
So it's back to grindin and washin pulp...
Gt..

Question: What are you using for your wear plate? I've had good luck with hard facing high-wear parts or better yet using this stuff:

Products – Manganal Sales Company

 

[Richard Guy]

 

[gold tramp]

Question: What are you using for your wear plate? I've had good luck with hard facing high-wear parts or better yet using this stuff:

Products – Manganal Sales Company

I use a 1/8 piece of steel it's on the sides of what I guess you would call the throat body of the crusher, it's made of cast iron so it needs to be protected.
I should of put a little hard face on the plate but didn't getter done. I knew better but was trying get running again, now I'm paying for it by being shut down on the crushing side of the mill...
I procrastinated.....
Gt....

 

[gold tramp]

This in reference to southforks gold ore thread where it was said old timers used potato as retort
The old timers used a potato to hold there amalgam as you have to have much heat to get rid of the Hg.
Just heating a spud wouldn't do sqaut so it doesn't work as retort...
Here's how it was done, cut potato in half hollow out big enough to hold amalgam.
Wrap some wire around it place in camp fire, in morning fish out charcoal potato open up, magical pig sponge gold .
Gt..

 

[gold tramp]

Start conversation on the charging of Mercury.
Would like to hear folks experiences on this matter..
We would do this at Mitchels place, he was a bit of a control freek so I never actually saw him preparing the Hg, I read a bit about it and I don't believe he was doin it Right .
Gt ..

 

[gold tramp]

On prescription drugs tonight so things might get weird
Doctor's orders...

 

[russau]

I 100 % agree with Blaster J on hard facing those hi wear parts as I see you also know about this!

 

[Reed Lukens]

Start conversation on the charging of Mercury.
Would like to hear folks experiences on this matter..
We would do this at Mitchels place, he was a bit of a control freek so I never actually saw him preparing the Hg, I read a bit about it and I don't believe he was doin it Right .
Gt ..

I've charged mercury in the past with Ken Williams help. Here's the link to his old page that has been saved for everyone. Charging mercury is listed towards the bottom of this page -

Basement Chemistry for the Prospector

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