Gold Wave Table

In case you cant get to the Kalgoorlie Mining Expo later this month (October 28-30, 2008), let me share Ian’s flyer with you here.

The flyer explains how the Action Mining GOLD WAVE TABLE works:

Separating by specific gravity, the sand forms in riffles directly under the standing wave of water. Even light blond sand forms riffles, not washing away.

Due to the Standing Wave principle, the heaviest particles remain through the low motion area of the Standing Wave. The wave itself moves; the water directly beneath the wave tends to stand still. The further from the top of the wave, the less motion is in the water.

Thus, the heavier the particle the deeper it will ride and the less motion it will see. The “Riffle Pump” attached to the top bar of the Riffle Bar assists in dropping ‘float gold’ to the table surface, enabling a faster production run without fear of losing gold or other metals that normally would be lost on most tables.

In view of the fact that the table top moves back and forth, the micron particles of heavy material (gold, PGMs, scheelite, copper, zinc oxide, etc.) sink to the bottom under the wave. The finer particles (-600 mesh and smaller) drop into a Skin Effect area. That area is directly against the skin of the table top.

The water in this area does not move with the flowing water but rather sits almost still. The motion of the table causes this “Skin Effect” water to move in the opposite direction of the flow. Thus the fine gold or mineral moves ‘up’ the table and falls into the concentrate trough.

The gold and/or concentrates can then be washed automatically into a concentrate bucket or a security safe, or vacuumed off the table. Ore should be classified according to size for efficient results.

* Gravity separation

* Separates material to 5 microns

* Recover metal values lost by other methods

* Simple operation – Adjustable water flow, adjustable bump, adjustable tilt

* The Micron Mill Wave Table can be fed from an overhead tank, slurry fed by conveyor belts, or by pipe, depending on your setup requirements.

Click here for the Kalgoorlie Mining Expo Flyer and see the pictures of the Micron Mill Wave Table set up and in action. The pictures show the wave theory of the table.

The Action Mining Services July 2008 newsletter has just been added to GoldWaveTable.com

(Yes, I know – it’s October already – where did the time go? Busy webmaster?… or distracted? Sorry. Better late than never.)

Highlights include

* The new M5 wave table is available. Pictures, dimensions, details.

* Comparison of the M7 and M5 Wave Table machines

* Goldfields Mining Expo. Kalgoorlie Oct 28-30. Ian Freeland will be there to answer your questions. Stand 2014.

Read it here: http://www.goldwavetable.com/NewsletterJuly2008.pdf

Or via the Newsletters link above.

Cheers,
Gary

There are 5 main mineral recovery methods and we’ll talk a little about each of them in this article.

By the way, this is the webmaster writing. I’m good at web things (only), while Ian is the expert when it comes to gold recovery. But I just watched the free DVD about the gold wave table so I can tell you a little of what I have learned.

The DVD was made by Mike and Nancy Glenn of Action Mining Services in the USA. Their company makes these remarkable machines. More on that later…

Mineral Recovery Methods

1. Leaching. This uses chemicals, and more technical know-how is required than you need to use a gold wave table. Chemical leaching is also the most expensive mineral recovery method. Mike’s main focus is on gold recovery but the machines work for any mineral which is heavier.

2. Amalgamation. The idea here is that you first amalgamate the gold with mercury and then you separate it. But Mike explained that this is not easy. “Your mercury has to be clean and your gold has to be clean. Then they have to come into contact.” Like #1, this process is also technically intensive then it requires another operation to get the gold out of the mercury. And mercury fumes are poisonous.

3. Flotation is also technically intensive.

4. As he worked his way down the list, next came mechanical separation which is what the Micron Mill Wave Table does. It’s a wet gravity separator that separates any heavy mineral according to its SG (specific gravity). This doesn’t use chemicals. Just water and the oscillating wave table. It’s quite neat to see it at work on the DVD.

5. Finally sluices, the traditional method of gold recovery, are the easiest. The problem with using a gold sluice is that it misses the fine gold… the microscopic gold. The Wave Table machine is able to recover this micron-fine material.

The DVD presentation showed a bucket of dirt being poured into the system at one end, and out comes a concentrate containing the gold particles.

Who said you can’t learn something from reading ads? – especially adverts in trade magazines. And here’s an example from the gold mining industry.

Follow the link and you will see Ian’s ad in the Australian Gold Gem & Treasure magazine. Naturally enough, it’s about the Micron Mill Wave Table.

“Ideal for cleaning up sluice box concentrates and separating gold from black sands”

“Never use mercury or cyanide again”

“Low water usage”

“High recovery of very fine gold”

“Also works great on all heavy minerals and gemstones, platinum, tin, wolfram, tantalite, zircon, topaz and diamonds”

Plus there is Ian’s FREE OFFER.

Remember Ian’s article that I wrote about yesterday?

“The Gravity Gold Rush”

Well, Ian sent me the front cover of magazine. Here ya go… Australian Gold Gem & Treasure Magazine.

(Link now corrected, sorry guys)