DREDGE CONCENTRATES

[mu50stang]

I just bought my 4 inch Mini Keene and have been out about 4 times with it. Whats the best method or recommended to get the gold out of the concentrates? I screen everything to 1/4 and 1/8 and run the 1/8 through a gold cube, then screen the cons from the gold cube to 1/8(pan this) 30, 50, 70,100(blue bowl this). Its a little time consuming and was wondering if there was a better method. Thanks.

 

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[Hoser John]

screen to 1/16" and pan all above that. Dry and screen 50 mesh and run -1/16" + -50+ together in blue and 50- seperate and good to go in blue too. Got to mention--seems you are missing gold from the cube,which spouts much bs about gettn' it all? John

 

[charlotte49er]

I'm one of those that spout off about the vitues fo the Cold Cube.

I ran a bucket of clean up from my 4" dredge through my Gold Cube. First I classified it down to -12 mesh. I can see anything bigger than -12 and panned that all out. Found some nice pickers. -12 mesh then ran through my Gold Cube. This clean up was done 2 weeks ago.

Here the results out of the Gold Cube.

After cleanup. (Sorry they are blurry, I had to shoot without the flash or it would wash the fine gold out.)(Yes, I through the pickers in there!)

I feel that the on the tests I have done, that the Gold Cube captured everything that my dredge did. No I didn't classify the fines to see what mesh they were. I could actually still do that. I sold my Blue Bowl and Sprial Wheel after using the Gold Cube and seeing the reults in the beginning of the year.