round-buddle
Gravity Concentration

Round Buddle

The Round Buddle was invented in Cornwall, where it is still used in dressing the tin ores to the exclusion of almost every other concentrator.

Read More »
gravity-concentration
Gravity Concentration

Gold Gravity Concentration

The object of gravity concentration is the separation of the heavy valuable mineral from the light worthless gangue. Complications are often introduced by the fact

Read More »

Concentrating Gold with Oil

It has been found that in the case of certain ores, residuum oil separates sulphides and metallic particles from earthy or stony materials without reference to

Read More »
Gravity Concentration

Gold Settling Box

Gold Settling Boxes are of the same shape as the spitzkasten or pointed boxes introduced by von Rittinger. They are for the purpose of allowing the

Read More »
frue-vanner
Gravity Concentration

Frue Vanner

The Frue Vanner is described in detail as being typical of the shaking travelling-belt concentrators. Machines of this class are especially adapted for treating finely-crushed battery sands

Read More »
how_to_read_a_burette
Laboratory Procedures

How to Read a Burette

To help you read a burette, first obtain a 3″x5″ card and with a black felt tip pen make a horizontal mark on your card, one inch thick and

Read More »
Huntington Mill
Crushing & Screening

Steam Powered Stamp Mills

Since within certain limits and under certain conditions the capacity of a stamp battery depends on the number of blows given per minute and on

Read More »
Schemnitz Mill
Crushing & Screening

Roller Mills

In the Griffin Mill, there is a single roller suspended in a similar way to the rollers in a Huntington mill. The roller is about

Read More »
Huntington Mill
Gravity Concentration

Huntington Mill

The Huntington Roller Mill, here described as a type of the many good roller mills now in use, is best suited for the fine crushing

Read More »