Gold Pan As The Main Tool
August 18, 2020
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| Gold Panning wood, not plastic |
For those who are used to using a frying pot as a panning tool, it might be normal. But if I don't normally use it, I have tried it ... it turns out to be very slippery, all the material taken from the "pay dirt" runs out all and nothing remains after shaking the pan.
Although people often innovate by making a cut in the bottom of the frying pot by knocking it with the tip of a nail to make the material move slowly and the heavy material left in the middle.
The working principle of gold panning is by shaking it to rotate the pay dirt material so that a selection occurs based on its specific gravity. Heavy materials will be left in the middle and light ones will be marginalized and wasted with water. Therefore, in panning the material should be kneaded beforehand so that it crumbles and becomes mixed with water. Then the light ones will float and be shaken so that because of the centrifugal force it will be pushed out.
The size of the panning tool itself can vary from 35 cm to 50 cm in diameter. And it is made of wood which is waterproof and scratch-resistant, because when the material is shaken there is friction, if the softwood is briefly damaged.
The wood for making trays can be ironwood, wosian wood, teak, mahogany, rosewood. The principle is to want wood that is waterproof and has fiber so that it can be a breaker. But panning trays that are sold in stores now are plastic
Nowadays, a pan made of good wood can cost up to IDR 1 million to IDR 1.5 million. Size about 35Cm to 50Cm following orders and prices. But rarely have people been creative in making this dulang hand agreement. There are also certain places, areas where a lot of people are panning. The reason is that many have used fried pots, they are very cheap.
The result of panning for personnel is usually if you get one gram and a half of a work day, while if the group wants to get up to 10 grams or more. Then they share evenly with their friends, the group usually consists of 2 or more, according to the equipment.
Today there are those who bring a pump machine to pull paydirt from the river flow. Only at a place on the riverbank can someone pan after getting the concentrate. Even with the addition of more sophisticated tools, namely carpets. Something like this is classified as more advanced technology.
Talking to the village people alone panning was what caught my attention. As told by this individual miner, if I pay attention if he says he only gets one gram a day. So I see if there are lots of granules, maybe there are more, say two or three grams. To me that means there is a lot of paydirt material stranded around it. And the method is not optimal so that only the top dirt pay is taken.
Meanwhile, the gold has a specific gravity of 19.3 gr / cm3 so it will be deposited at the bottom. While above, maybe only a little fine or rare gold, if you want to dig a little deeper, you will find gold-rich pay dirt. So once pan can get up to 10 gold grains. I just now call this area a prospect location.
Although people often innovate by making a cut in the bottom of the frying pot by knocking it with the tip of a nail to make the material move slowly and the heavy material left in the middle.
The working principle of gold panning is by shaking it to rotate the pay dirt material so that a selection occurs based on its specific gravity. Heavy materials will be left in the middle and light ones will be marginalized and wasted with water. Therefore, in panning the material should be kneaded beforehand so that it crumbles and becomes mixed with water. Then the light ones will float and be shaken so that because of the centrifugal force it will be pushed out.
The size of the panning tool itself can vary from 35 cm to 50 cm in diameter. And it is made of wood which is waterproof and scratch-resistant, because when the material is shaken there is friction, if the softwood is briefly damaged.
The wood for making trays can be ironwood, wosian wood, teak, mahogany, rosewood. The principle is to want wood that is waterproof and has fiber so that it can be a breaker. But panning trays that are sold in stores now are plastic
Nowadays, a pan made of good wood can cost up to IDR 1 million to IDR 1.5 million. Size about 35Cm to 50Cm following orders and prices. But rarely have people been creative in making this dulang hand agreement. There are also certain places, areas where a lot of people are panning. The reason is that many have used fried pots, they are very cheap.
The result of panning for personnel is usually if you get one gram and a half of a work day, while if the group wants to get up to 10 grams or more. Then they share evenly with their friends, the group usually consists of 2 or more, according to the equipment.
Today there are those who bring a pump machine to pull paydirt from the river flow. Only at a place on the riverbank can someone pan after getting the concentrate. Even with the addition of more sophisticated tools, namely carpets. Something like this is classified as more advanced technology.
Talking to the village people alone panning was what caught my attention. As told by this individual miner, if I pay attention if he says he only gets one gram a day. So I see if there are lots of granules, maybe there are more, say two or three grams. To me that means there is a lot of paydirt material stranded around it. And the method is not optimal so that only the top dirt pay is taken.
Meanwhile, the gold has a specific gravity of 19.3 gr / cm3 so it will be deposited at the bottom. While above, maybe only a little fine or rare gold, if you want to dig a little deeper, you will find gold-rich pay dirt. So once pan can get up to 10 gold grains. I just now call this area a prospect location.
