Indoor Gold Cons Cleanup - Winter Fun, wheeeeee! Options

[swizz]

I did some cleanup yesterday and thought I'd share some pics.
I plan on adding a recirculating cleanup sluice to the system (probably the new Keene Super Recirc.) this spring for the #20+ mesh stuff.... for now I'm panning that. Mesh #30 and smaller go into the Blue Bowl .
I ran two separate batches of concentrate through the system, both from our very own CP!
Each were 2lb dry bags.
The first was concentrate was sent by Dan & Denise from the shavings and grindings (panning sample) included in the incredible gold/quartz cab that I won in the CP drawing (1st item down): CP Stash
The second 2lb cons bag that I ran through was a special bag that Dan & Denise put together (which I requested) for Colorado gold (to be included in a project I'm working on). I am very grateful, exactly what I needed.
If you've got the cabin fever or just want to stay sharp with your cleanup techniques I highly recommend picking up some CP cons and gettin' busy. Me.... I'm still learnin'. I had a blast!
Here's how it went:

My indoor system is very tidy. As you can see I'm setting up shop on my nice area rug with no worries. Well, that and.... since my last girlfriend moved out there are no more rules here . I'll also be wearing a tuxedo during the entire process (the umbrella in the pic is for camera lighting)


Some of my cleanup tools:


This is my basic recirculating setup The 36 gal Rubbermaid tub contains all of the splashback. I'll be attaching the spray nozzle (for rinsing classifying screens, etc.) and the Blue Bowl to the end of the recirc hose for each process.


This is the first stack of screens - #2 mesh down to #30. Since I know I have a tendency to get these screens mixed up (and the magic marker will eventually wear off) I've taken the liberty of burning the mesh numbers into each screen rim with a rounded attachment on my woobuning tool.


Dirt


Rinsing it down trough the stack one screen at a time


Starting to see colors in the #20 mesh


#20 - #2 mesh goes to the pan. Here's the #30 mesh and smaller that went to the bottom of the bucket. It will be classified in the next stack of screens:


Next stack of screens #30 - #100. Each mesh class will be Blue-Bowled separately at different speeds.


continued....

[Dypheron]

With that much material to run don't get in a hurry when you're classifying. If you try to run too much material the screens will fill up and not allow all of the smaller stuff through. I have a small cup that I use when I'm classifying, one scoop at a time and I make sure all of the cons are washed before I put another scoop in.

[Crusty]

With that much material to run don't get in a hurry when you're classifying. If you try to run too much material the screens will fill up and not allow all of the smaller stuff through. I have a small cup that I use when I'm classifying, one scoop at a time and I make sure all of the cons are washed before I put another scoop in.

All right, I got my classifying area set up last night (took a pic, will post this evening) and ran about 10 small trowels through. Definitely takes some time to get a good routine. No doubt it is going to take a LONG time to run through 12 buckets! I just panned each level and didn't see a single speck; LOTS of mica and not a lot of black sand... maybe this bucket was one that I got a lot of the overburden that had dropped in? I know it was only 10 small scoops, so not huge odds there would be a lot in them.

Did you ever play around some more with that small bucket sluice? Any suggestions on how I could work them in to my process? The buckets are classified to 4- now, should I do it to 8- and try that sluice, or to be safe, just take the time to use the classifiers and do 20, 30, 50, 100 and then pan the 20- and blue bowl the 30/50/100?

Makes for long days at work, sitting here wishing I was home playing with my dirt!