Mining Equipment

Hi All,

some gear we come across in our travels













You might be able to put a name to the bits of gear,

cheers ,Ron

Hi All,

Just a few more,





Note there is no tyre tracks for the machinery,

Regards ,
Ron

GEEZ Ron
The scrubber/trommel on the tailer looks the part--something that i'm chasing to hopefully breakdown the clay balls prior to dry blowing.

u dont know who owns it?

regards
oneday

Can anyone tell me what these machines are, a few i think i know but not knowing others.

1st pic:= ball mill. ?
2nd pic: ?
3rd pic:- rock crusher.
4th pic: ?
5th pic: ?
6th pic:



tanks for pics Flouro, n Happy B/day on the day.   Crikey, and to the rest of all you fella's avin one to.

Looks like the gear at Judges Find.

Pic2 is a Knudsen concentrator

thanks Tkinggold, pic 4 looks some sorta tromel but 5 has me beat.



someone must know. !!!!

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Pic 5.  I'm no expert but looking at the setup with the pullies and it looks like cylindrical units inside, maybe it's a big sieve or sizing outfit.
it also looks like poly pipe near the pullies, could also be a washer of some sort or maybe it's for electrical wiring.

The big trommel is actually a dry blower. The fans were mounted on it to blow the dust away. Not sure if old Chas ever got it going before he passed. Cliff I think that is a magnetic separator.

Ray give me a call. Back from the desert crossings. 3 deserts in all.

Hi PG,
Here's a dumb question. what is a magnetic separator ?

Cliff

Hi Mate,
Separates the black sands, magnetite, from the concentrates.

Pic 1 Amalgam barrel

Pic 2 Gold wheel

Pic 3 Jaw crusher

Pic 4 This is a sort of combo ball mill/trommel/amalgam barrel/jig Always had me puzzled exactly what this was.

Pic 5 Magnetic seperator

Pic 6 Fans that were used on the dry blower to direct the dust away

Pic 7 Dry blower.

Hi All,

Cliff,the black tubing is actually wiring to each plate, I think it might be an electrostatic separator, pretty high tech for a small operator, but how it seperates the gold I don't know

Ron

MAYBE AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SEPARATOR to attract the black sand away from the gold.

We used the gold cube with great effect--its a bit fiddly but does the job.
even a gold wheel will do the job but be carefull as its not as good in my opinion.

But if u had all this gear lying around u wouldnt be complaining.
its a pity its just sitting there in the weather.

regards
oneday

now that I know what pic 5 is, I was wondering what the white poly pipe was used for.  electrical wiring ??

yep and its all sitting in the bush going to waste --or a lack of use..

most probably want an arm and a leg for it..

but will try to do a deal..i dont need it all so if theres anyone else out there interested maybe get in contact with me and see what we can come up with.-

regards
oneday.

Hi Cliff,



So I'm coloured blind, the black was the fan belts

At least we know what the machinery is so thanks Pilbaragold

It's no wonder that there is no gold left to pick, with all that gear being used at one time or another, one thing I didn't get a picture of was the sluice set up, that was something to behold

It consisted of a rock breaking shute into two sets of tromels or one was a ball mill and into a wet sluice that ran down the hill and a dam to go with it, all perched up on a big hill, very impressive setup....but

There's no gold left, at least I couldn't find any...the strange thing about the place is that NO sources were found, quite a few patches lead straight up to a white quartz blow but were not dug out at all and one patch was skimmed to death over that yellow and purple rock with crossing black veines all thru it, still no trenches or holes

Obviously a lot of gold was taken in recent and past times but it eventually runs out, in my opinion not worth a trip in for the gold, but absolutely loved seeing the setup...amazing

Ron

oneday wrote:yep and its all sitting in the bush going to waste --or a lack of use..

most probably want an arm and a leg for it..

but will try to do a deal..i dont need it all so if theres anyone else out there interested maybe get in contact with me and see what we can come up with.-

regards
oneday.

I would doubt it's for sale, most of it looks in working condition.  Neatly stacked, new water cubes, trucks and loader, looks like they plan on using it to me.
If it is for sale I'd be keen on having a yarn to them about it. I need an amalgam barrel and the jaw crusher.

pilbaragold wrote:Looks like the gear at Judges Find.

Hey pilbaragold, do you know the owner mate? I'm not far from Judges find, might pop out and have a yarn to him about it.

Hey Ray wouldnt mind you finding out about the dryblower for me :)

oneday wrote:yep and its all sitting in the bush going to waste --or a lack of use..

most probably want an arm and a leg for it..

but will try to do a deal..i dont need it all so if theres anyone else out there interested maybe get in contact with me and see what we can come up with.-

regards
oneday.

just waiting for a phone call...

will let u know

regards
oneday