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post Jan 31 2010, 11:11 AM
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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 smile.gif .
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. happy088.gif
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 music037.gif . I'll also be wearing a tuxedo during the entire process chaplin.gif (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 drool.gif


#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.


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post Jan 31 2010, 11:12 AM
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I've marked the inside of the Blue Bowl with individual level indicators for each mesh:


Working like a charm:


Eureka!


Here are the results from the gold/quartz cab pannings:


Bag 2; I haven't had time to dry and sort it yet but these are some of the larger pieces that will go into my project. Many thanks Dan & Denise!


Saddle-up boys, we's a goin' inta town for sum vittles and a hot shower tonight! char092.gif




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QUOTE (swizz @ Jan 31 2010, 11:12 AM) *
I've marked the inside of the Blue Bowl with individual level indicators for each mesh:


Working like a charm:


Eureka!


Here are the results from the gold/quartz cab pannings:


Bag 2; I haven't had time to dry and sort it yet but these are some of the larger pieces that will go into my project. Many thanks Dan & Denise!


Saddle-up boys, we's a goin' inta town for sum vittles and a hot shower tonight! char092.gif


I'm not understanding the water setup (yes I am a newb) Is it sucking water up out of the tub and spraying it back in? I don't see where the end where you can get electrocuted is doing anything but sitting in the water with an exposed wire attached to a battery. I have seen some of the prospectors use this setup when cleaning gems in the field, but not in a house.
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QUOTE (Silky @ Mar 11 2016, 07:00 AM) *
I have seen some of the prospectors use this setup when cleaning gems in the field, but not in a house.


In my opinion, this unit is used best for cleaning out concentrates and not raw material.



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- swizz   Indoor Gold Cons Cleanup - Winter Fun   Jan 31 2010, 11:11 AM
- - swizz   I've marked the inside of the Blue Bowl with i...   Jan 31 2010, 11:12 AM
|- - Silky   QUOTE (swizz @ Jan 31 2010, 11:12 AM) I...   Mar 11 2016, 08:00 AM
|- - Mrs.CP   QUOTE (Silky @ Mar 11 2016, 07:00 AM) I h...   Mar 11 2016, 08:53 AM
- - ColoradoProspector   Awesome Swizz! That is a spectacular report an...   Jan 31 2010, 02:10 PM
- - RichDColorado   Nice setup, swizz. Thanks for posting those pics ...   Jan 31 2010, 03:23 PM
- - Coalbunny   I have a BB, Swizz, and I never can get it to run ...   Feb 1 2010, 07:49 PM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (Coalbunny @ Feb 1 2010, 06:49 PM) ...   Feb 1 2010, 09:38 PM
- - russau   Carl, surging in the water levels of the BB can be...   Feb 2 2010, 07:14 AM
- - Mrs.CP   Great set up Swizz! I dont think I have ever s...   Feb 2 2010, 09:14 AM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Feb 2 2010, 08:14 AM) Who...   Feb 3 2010, 06:54 AM
- - Mrs.CP   She does fantastic work! I would love to se...   Feb 11 2010, 03:15 PM
- - ColoradoProspector   That's okay dear, you didn't highjack it t...   May 22 2010, 12:22 PM
- - YellowFever   swizz could you please give the exact measurements...   May 22 2010, 05:26 PM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (YellowFever @ May 22 2010, 06:26 P...   May 24 2010, 07:16 AM
- - OkieJon   Great post! Bookmarking this one for future re...   Jun 13 2010, 12:24 PM
- - RichDColorado   Hey Swizz - Thanks for posting the water line indi...   Sep 12 2010, 09:08 PM
- - swizz   Hi Rich, That is great news, I'm glad it's...   Sep 13 2010, 07:25 AM
- - PbJake   Swizz, Just came across this thread, doing some r...   Mar 10 2011, 03:53 PM
- - swizz   Jake, I'm big bowl fan, so I'm definitely ...   Mar 10 2011, 04:41 PM
- - Crusty   Brilliant thread! I was trying to wrap my brai...   Sep 22 2014, 12:10 PM
- - Dypheron   With that much material to run don't get in a ...   Sep 22 2014, 01:59 PM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (Dypheron @ Sep 22 2014, 01:59 PM) ...   Sep 22 2014, 02:34 PM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (Dypheron @ Sep 22 2014, 01:59 PM) ...   Sep 24 2014, 12:22 PM
- - Crusty   So I got a little recirculating area to classify s...   Sep 24 2014, 09:21 PM
|- - Kevin In Centennial   QUOTE (Crusty @ Sep 24 2014, 10:21 PM) So...   Sep 30 2014, 08:17 PM
- - Crusty   QUOTE (Kevin In Centennial @ Sep 30 2014, 08...   Oct 1 2014, 07:07 AM
|- - swizz   QUOTE (Crusty @ Oct 1 2014, 07:07 AM) I a...   Oct 1 2014, 07:39 AM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (swizz @ Oct 1 2014, 07:39 AM) That...   Oct 1 2014, 09:13 AM
- - fenixsmom   "Quality time with my cons." Sounds roma...   Oct 1 2014, 09:25 AM
- - Caveman   Jessie, that's very sweet, but bright lights a...   Oct 1 2014, 10:34 AM
- - fenixsmom   Well in that case bring whisky, moonshine and ligh...   Oct 1 2014, 10:36 AM
- - Caveman   Now yer talkin' our language! You go, gir...   Oct 1 2014, 10:38 AM
- - Crusty   oh ya! lol   Oct 1 2014, 11:48 AM
- - Caveman   How's the clean up going, Crusty?   Oct 1 2014, 01:17 PM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (Caveman @ Oct 1 2014, 01:17 PM) Ho...   Oct 1 2014, 10:37 PM
- - Caveman   Bummer.   Oct 1 2014, 10:45 PM
- - Donny   Holy hell, I'm in over my head. QUOTE (swizz ...   Oct 2 2014, 08:09 AM
- - Caveman   Donny, no you are not..... some of us are just rea...   Oct 2 2014, 08:28 AM
- - fenixsmom   He's right! I'm in the "just boug...   Oct 2 2014, 08:40 AM
|- - EMac   QUOTE (fenixsmom @ Oct 2 2014, 09:40 AM) ...   Oct 10 2014, 11:52 AM
- - Donny   I really appreciate both of your comments caveman ...   Oct 2 2014, 09:10 AM
|- - MikeS   QUOTE (Donny @ Oct 2 2014, 10:10 AM) I th...   Oct 3 2014, 07:48 PM
- - Mrs.CP   Welcome to the CP forums Donny and thank you for y...   Oct 2 2014, 09:26 AM
- - Crusty   Welcome Donny! It is indeed Amazonite! It ...   Oct 2 2014, 11:18 PM
- - russau   Donny, thank you for your service! SALUTE!   Oct 3 2014, 09:44 AM
- - swizz   Donny, welcome to CP and thank you for your servic...   Oct 3 2014, 06:51 PM
- - MikeS   Welcome aboard Donny! Thank you very much for ...   Oct 3 2014, 07:40 PM
- - Donny   Wow, I'd like to say thank you too everyone on...   Oct 3 2014, 09:43 PM
|- - Donny   QUOTE (Donny @ Oct 3 2014, 10:43 PM) Wow,...   Oct 6 2014, 12:07 PM
- - Crusty   Got in 8 hours of classifying today. Did 3.5 bucke...   Oct 5 2014, 09:10 PM
|- - Donny   QUOTE (Crusty @ Oct 5 2014, 10:10 PM) Got...   Oct 6 2014, 12:01 PM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (Donny @ Oct 6 2014, 12:01 PM) So w...   Oct 6 2014, 12:58 PM
|- - MikeS   QUOTE (Donny @ Oct 6 2014, 01:01 PM) So w...   Oct 6 2014, 04:47 PM
- - Crusty   OK, in my recirculating tub there is a lot of sedi...   Oct 6 2014, 07:16 PM
- - Caveman   Since this is from Chris's claim, I would not ...   Oct 6 2014, 11:13 PM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (Caveman @ Oct 6 2014, 11:13 PM) Si...   Oct 7 2014, 05:33 AM
- - swizz   I agree that most of the Gold from that latest hol...   Oct 7 2014, 07:50 AM
- - Dypheron   When I get down to the -100 cons I run the bowl re...   Oct 7 2014, 08:03 AM
- - Crusty   copy, thanks fellas!   Oct 7 2014, 08:14 AM
- - fenixsmom   There is no sleeping in! We have gold to find...   Oct 10 2014, 12:03 PM
- - Mrs.CP   That is very cool of you EMac and Jessie! H...   Oct 11 2014, 08:40 AM
- - Crusty   Revisiting this thread, FINALLY setting up my blue...   Jul 19 2015, 02:12 PM
- - Crusty   OK, I'm definitely a blue bowl convert. Had fu...   Jul 19 2015, 09:17 PM
- - Crusty   Got my 70 & 100 screens mixed up, so it was al...   Jul 20 2015, 10:54 PM
- - Crusty   I forgot in addition to 3 trips to Swizz's and...   Jul 21 2015, 06:23 AM
- - swizz   I'm cornfused.... that can't be your grand...   Jul 21 2015, 07:02 AM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (swizz @ Jul 21 2015, 07:02 AM) I...   Jul 21 2015, 08:17 AM
- - swizz   Oh... I get it. I might suggest that you organize ...   Jul 21 2015, 10:56 AM
|- - Crusty   QUOTE (swizz @ Jul 21 2015, 10:56 AM) Oh....   Jul 21 2015, 12:32 PM
- - EMac   Reading about ye olde blue bowl, it seems some fol...   Mar 9 2016, 11:15 AM
- - swizz   Yes, for sure. This thread is about 5yrs old now.....   Mar 9 2016, 07:35 PM
- - EMac   Excellent! I suspect I'll have to do some...   Mar 10 2016, 12:43 PM
- - EMac   In the pics, water is pumped (submersible) from th...   Mar 11 2016, 08:17 AM
- - swizz   Silky, Eric is correct. The white hose in the pic ...   Mar 11 2016, 08:33 AM
- - swizz   QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Mar 11 2016, 07:53 AM) In...   Mar 11 2016, 10:10 AM
- - EMac   Mine should arrive today, and I'm wondering ab...   Mar 11 2016, 10:13 AM
- - swizz   Eric, I just checked and I'm running a 500 pum...   Mar 11 2016, 10:41 AM
- - Crusty   Looks like the links to the pics at the beginning ...   Sep 27 2017, 09:14 PM


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