Putting Together A Small Free Gold Mill

May 2018 by Chris Ralph

Most small-scale miners want to know how they can set up a system much more cheaply. The difficulty is in the balance of putting together a decent small-scale system at a reasonable cost.

Placer Channel Sampling

July 2013
Sampling gold placers can be rewarding, but remember to treat the samples so you are not high grading or low grading your results. Learn the rules and apply them so your samples are accurate.

PLP Update: Back to The 'Swamp' on Behalf of Small Miners

July 2018

We spent the morning in a meeting with one of the higher-ups at the US Forest Service. I presented him with 412 complaints received from our readers, along with a summary of the complaints to make his job easier.

California to Allow Suction Dredging in 2019?

June 2018

There are a few questions you will need to ask yourself before you apply for a suction dredge permit from the State Water Resources Control Board.

Dredging The Outside Bend

July 2011
This stringer was where it was not supposed to be, and it contained nuggets that were not supposed to be there.

From Curiosity to Mine Owner - Pt II

October 2015
When we last heard from Ernie, he was still in Honduras and we were anxiously waiting to hear how the set up and training went at the mine. It got a bit complicated after that.

Gold Recovery with Centrifugal Bowls

July 2014
Centrifugal bowls are very efficient, and with proper operation they can consistently achieve gold recoveries above 95% with gold of about 50 mesh size.

Gold in Guyana—Part II: Process Optimization at Sacre Coeur Minerals' Lower Puruni Alluvial Mining Project

August 2012
In Part Two of my two-part series I describe the mechanized alluvial gold mining operation on the lower Puruni River launched by Sacre Coeur Minerals in 2011.

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