Working my trommel video

[jog]

Spent two days diging and running my trommel, worked about 4 to 5 yards.

 

[victorysgold]

Amazing how easy that contraption makes it look.

 

[Jeffro]

Very nice, Jog- Hope you got some good gold

 

[jmoller99]

Looks great. Do you have any plans, or references to plans that you used to build your trommel?

 

[jog]

I looked at a lot of different ones and just built it from out of my head. I used all the good ideas and things that I liked. Tried to keep it as simple as possible, less things to break that way.

 

[Ralph of North Jersey]

Minny GOLD RUSH ALASKA. Real cool. Thats what i should be doin right now, instead of sitting in front of my computer. Tell us how you did at the end of the 5 yds ,or at the end of the day. RALPH

 

[Goodyguy]

Jog

Awesome job! and I see you have no water flow problem
I also really like the wide sluice with the properly spaced riffles.
The external spray bar works great as well!

I see you run your drum a little faster than I do, but the tailings look clean so It must not be too fast.

GG~

 

[jog]

Minny GOLD RUSH ALASKA. Real cool. Thats what i should be doin right now, instead of sitting in front of my computer. Tell us how you did at the end of the 5 yds ,or at the end of the day. RALPH

"Well" to tell you the truth I gave all the concentrates away to my 74 year old partner who is in the video, also gave one clean out to another old miner who is a Veteran and diserved every bit of it and then some. I didn't ask what they got out of it but they have hinted that they did alright. I will wait until next time, maybe!

jog

 

[jog]

Jog

Awesome job! and I see you have no water flow problem
I also really like the wide sluice with the properly spaced riffles.
The external spray bar works great as well!

I see you run your drum a little faster than I do, but the tailings look clean so It must not be too fast.

GG~

GoodyGuy
"Yes" I have been working on the spray bar system and have got it working very well, now I have a real 12" trommel. I am running right at 47 RPM, a bit faster than what I wanted but if I need a longer wash time I just flatten out the trommel and it takes longer for the rocks to go through which in turn washes them better. I am in the process of building another and will correct a few things on the next one. I ran 4-5 yards and burned a half tank of fuel on the trommel, It gets good milage.

 

[russau]

thats got to feel good! running your equipment that you made is good for the soul!

 

[GrayCloud]

Jog, Bless you Sir for honoring the Old Veteran.