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Is there in microns a point beyond which gold is no longer recoverable
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<blockquote data-quote="Nirvanadirt" data-source="post: 593502" data-attributes="member: 20080"><p>Well SteveG firstly I'm asking a question and trying to establish a benchmark but thanks for your input. </p><p>I've been toying with the idea of putting a fine micron bag at the end of a process where gold is just flowing off on the top of water, there is 36, 72, 90 and 115 size bags available in mesh that are designed for the weather to flow through them and filter out anything that is bigger than those sizes. I'm working on a water filtration system that would work by using these screens to collect the heavy (and not so heavy stuff that is in water used to wash gold from its host source.) Design still in progress but I'm trying to guage what part of the process is a cut off point as far as size goes. I think that it would be an interesting excersise to attach a screen to the end of a process, let's the water run through it and then just close the bag until next time you're working. There would be material that could then be (after many processes of material) sitting in these bags that could then (if one wishes) extract this by melting and separating the fine gold from any impurities if present. This IS for those who would want to do this as a matter of interest/hobby extremist tendencies ? and is all just a for the hell of it "I Wanna see how much I can recover" type of thing. Don't know if anyone would be interested in this but I'm working on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nirvanadirt, post: 593502, member: 20080"] Well SteveG firstly I'm asking a question and trying to establish a benchmark but thanks for your input. I've been toying with the idea of putting a fine micron bag at the end of a process where gold is just flowing off on the top of water, there is 36, 72, 90 and 115 size bags available in mesh that are designed for the weather to flow through them and filter out anything that is bigger than those sizes. I'm working on a water filtration system that would work by using these screens to collect the heavy (and not so heavy stuff that is in water used to wash gold from its host source.) Design still in progress but I'm trying to guage what part of the process is a cut off point as far as size goes. I think that it would be an interesting excersise to attach a screen to the end of a process, let's the water run through it and then just close the bag until next time you're working. There would be material that could then be (after many processes of material) sitting in these bags that could then (if one wishes) extract this by melting and separating the fine gold from any impurities if present. This IS for those who would want to do this as a matter of interest/hobby extremist tendencies ? and is all just a for the hell of it "I Wanna see how much I can recover" type of thing. Don't know if anyone would be interested in this but I'm working on it. [/QUOTE]
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Is there in microns a point beyond which gold is no longer recoverable
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