Gold Dust to Gold Bar.wmv

A brief video of my 1st attempt of turning gold dust and fines into a gold bar

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• dust
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• gold
• Bar

[jabin48]

Once the gold has been cleaned or melted in the furnace, it is void of most foreign material. It is NOT .999 fine but it is a whole lot finer/cleaner than when it went into the furnace, no rock or quartz as this came out with the glass

[jabin48]

I use 1 part niter, 2 part potash and 3 parts borax, for this mix it wauld have been about one tablespoon

[facelessDeathsquad]

cool video

[Sam58013]

I wish I had an electric furnace like that... Nice job though. If I ever get the right equipment and some gold, I will try this.

[starshock01]

@wilbeckj electricity, see the red light? that means its on, the meter next to the red light shows in the input

[doinen]

@Shavenhamster really? why? I do it all the time

[Shavenhamster]

why dint he just but the ingot mold in the furnace with the gold in he wouldnt need borax as borax isnt good for graphite.

[fleamine]

What is the reason for adding borox & boric acid to the mix?

What happens if you dont use borox & boric acid. Require more heat?

Interesting video, Teach me , a newbee.

[silver760]

Last post.The furnace seen here is obviously an electric one.What wattage is it and what is it's maximum temperature in deg C? How much would a unit like that cost?

[silver760]

Depending on the purity of this ingot,and it looks pretty good,may even be as good as 24K,at todays price 27.08.11 this little bar would be worth $2408.75,not bad for a little bottle of fines and vein material.I would be very interested to find out the purity of this ingot,as I said earlier the colour is VERY good,though if there was a lot of lode gold in there it may well have things like silver/palladium etc lightening the colour.Exciting stuff!! Well done!!Certainly worth your time doing

[silver760]

Did you say that some of this gold is "native" gold or gold extracted from a quartz vein mixed with other fines?I would have been tempted to have a go at getting some mercury and make amalgam with it,then drive off the mercury and retrieve the gold,the mercury vapour can be collected and condensed back to use again,but for such a small amount you could just let it go,just dont breath it in!!.Then refine the gold by melting with a little borax.