Kid Saxon Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 First Run Ran six pounds of rock in my small homemade ball mill (14" x 12") for two hours,rock was reduced to flower fine dust. Nice pay day in gold too ! Luck on your next hunt. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunk Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Looks like you had a Great pay day. Did you run that wet or dry? Also, what was the size of the matieral that went into your mill? I have thought about useing a small mortar mixer on a drywashing opperation to chush the clay balls.Bunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south fork Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 First Run Ran six pounds of rock in my small homemade ball mill (14" x 12") for two hours,rock was reduced to flower fine dust. Nice pay day in gold too ! Luck on your next hunt. Chuck Hey kid... Great looking mill, I was wondering what the drum is from, We have been mulling over the idea of sampling some of the qaurtz here in kelsey and want to build a ball mill also...yours is a great looking idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south fork Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 First Run Ran six pounds of rock in my small homemade ball mill (14" x 12") for two hours,rock was reduced to flower fine dust. Nice pay day in gold too ! Luck on your next hunt. ChuckNice machine and Gold I like to have a pickup load of that ore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Nice little mill and very nice pay day.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Saxon Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hey kid... Great looking mill, I was wondering what the drum is from, We have been mulling over the idea of sampling some of the qaurtz here in kelsey and want to build a ball mill also...yours is a great looking idea. Hi , South Fork The drum is a piece of 12 inch inside diameter pipe with a 3/8 inch wall. The rest of the moving parts are an old reel power lawn mower. Take Care, Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Saxon Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Looks like you had a Great pay day. Did you run that wet or dry? Also, what was the size of the matieral that went into your mill? I have thought about useing a small mortar mixer on a drywashing opperation to chush the clay balls.Bunk Hi ,Bunk I run the mill dry. I have a small jaw crusher I run the rock through prior to putting it in the mill. Most rock is 1 inch to 1/4 inch. I have an old friend that works an old high bar,he dries the clay during the summer then runs it in a cement mixer to break up the clay prior to putting it through a sluice box. Works pretty good. Take Care, Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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