Thats a pump for running a steam operated drill someone was probably going to start a big mine or something seen one in another mining yard it works like a motor, water compression heats up to make steam or very high pressure to make another hammer work like a jackhammer that steel with the star tip is a BIT for drilling holes for Dynamite .
nice crevice sucker, I think it would be better if you had a material drop on the side of the nozzle, that way you dont have to worry about losing material as you go to pan.
Thanks for the comment Eaks. If I run the nozzle long inside my main tube I limit the length that my inner suction rod can move it reduces the amount of material I can pick up. I lose maybe 10% when I transfer my material to my pan, and that is acceptable since my next pull will get that 10% and then some. I do like your idea for a nugget sniping situation where your material is super high grade and you can't risk losing any. I found a couple flakes last week by sucking behind a big boulder.
TY... Gotta love seeing bedrock going right into the river. My buddy said you told him your not alowed to dredge in BC. Too bad, that's a real bummer.
The interesting thing is this pump is about 200 feet up a cliff from the rivers current level. Maybe this was closer to the level of the river before they installed the hydro-electric damn? I'll have to do some research.
I am pretty sure it is a hydraulic ram of sorts. It was about 200 feet above the gold producing river so I knew they were not using that water source for a gravity feed, but when I looked on google earth topo maps I found a lake that was about 50 feet above the pump about half a mile away. On the same map I found a clear cut of sorts that I'm almost positive was the feed for the pump.
Did they use the water to move material in the river below or power a drill, or did they use the mechanical force of the water for something else like electricity? Maybe they used the water in a spray bar grizzly? The bottom was open and the top had a small pipe leading out of it which is consistant with a ram pump. Normally ram pumps are used to pump water to higher elevation, but with high pressure lots of ideas come to mind. I live in AK now so can't relly research more. Sultan RIver WA
super job on the video! and well done on the pvc crevice sucker! i like the modification to the plunger i had the same problem , but i decided to get a dredge instead of fixing the issue...lol good post though!!!
thats great news, welcome to the club! of dredgers... cant wait to see you take and post something about that. about two month and i will be dredging too , water is ice cold . from the snow.. but i am going to do a post of videos as that happends.
I was building an aluminum frame and PVC pontoons with the idea of making a backpack dredge, but I found a great deal on a used keene 2" with a 4hp honda. It didn't come with pontoons, a hookah or frame, but it had all the hoses and sluice box with crash plate and nozzle. The weight got up over 90lbs so I'm going to put on some bigger floats and make an aluminum cart with 4 mountain bike tires to hike it in about a mile. Now that I have a prospecting bud the hike will not be so bad.
dude, i love this fuckin song! makes me want to get my sluice and head up yonder!!!
djgrooveline 10 months ago
Thats a pump for running a steam operated drill someone was probably going to start a big mine or something seen one in another mining yard it works like a motor, water compression heats up to make steam or very high pressure to make another hammer work like a jackhammer that steel with the star tip is a BIT for drilling holes for Dynamite .
MrMrtiki 1 year ago
@MrMrtiki
Thanks mr mr.
exanchorite 1 year ago
Nice job! the thing at the end was put there by aliens.
spankula123 2 years ago
nice crevice sucker, I think it would be better if you had a material drop on the side of the nozzle, that way you dont have to worry about losing material as you go to pan.
Eaks2215 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment Eaks. If I run the nozzle long inside my main tube I limit the length that my inner suction rod can move it reduces the amount of material I can pick up. I lose maybe 10% when I transfer my material to my pan, and that is acceptable since my next pull will get that 10% and then some. I do like your idea for a nugget sniping situation where your material is super high grade and you can't risk losing any. I found a couple flakes last week by sucking behind a big boulder.
exanchorite 3 years ago
Good job an great video....keep it up....nice area you play in.
hixonAu 3 years ago
TY... Gotta love seeing bedrock going right into the river. My buddy said you told him your not alowed to dredge in BC. Too bad, that's a real bummer.
exanchorite 3 years ago
interesting find at the end-it looks like a double piston pump-i think you might be right about its purpose
m3sca1 3 years ago
The interesting thing is this pump is about 200 feet up a cliff from the rivers current level. Maybe this was closer to the level of the river before they installed the hydro-electric damn? I'll have to do some research.
exanchorite 3 years ago
@exanchorite did you ever find out what it was?
gary77777778888888 1 year ago
@gary77777778888888
Hey Gary,
I am pretty sure it is a hydraulic ram of sorts. It was about 200 feet above the gold producing river so I knew they were not using that water source for a gravity feed, but when I looked on google earth topo maps I found a lake that was about 50 feet above the pump about half a mile away. On the same map I found a clear cut of sorts that I'm almost positive was the feed for the pump.
exanchorite 1 year ago
Did they use the water to move material in the river below or power a drill, or did they use the mechanical force of the water for something else like electricity? Maybe they used the water in a spray bar grizzly? The bottom was open and the top had a small pipe leading out of it which is consistant with a ram pump. Normally ram pumps are used to pump water to higher elevation, but with high pressure lots of ideas come to mind. I live in AK now so can't relly research more. Sultan RIver WA
exanchorite 1 year ago
super job on the video! and well done on the pvc crevice sucker! i like the modification to the plunger i had the same problem , but i decided to get a dredge instead of fixing the issue...lol good post though!!!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
My dredge is almost done. Can't wait to get out for my first season dredging!
exanchorite 3 years ago
thats great news, welcome to the club! of dredgers... cant wait to see you take and post something about that. about two month and i will be dredging too , water is ice cold . from the snow.. but i am going to do a post of videos as that happends.
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
hey? what size dredge are you running.. i have a proline two inch right now hopen for a four soon!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago
I was building an aluminum frame and PVC pontoons with the idea of making a backpack dredge, but I found a great deal on a used keene 2" with a 4hp honda. It didn't come with pontoons, a hookah or frame, but it had all the hoses and sluice box with crash plate and nozzle. The weight got up over 90lbs so I'm going to put on some bigger floats and make an aluminum cart with 4 mountain bike tires to hike it in about a mile. Now that I have a prospecting bud the hike will not be so bad.
exanchorite 3 years ago
a two inch with a 4hp? now that power?..lol looking forward to up coming videos!
scorpiotoyou 3 years ago