Comments on: Gold in black sands? https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gold-in-black-sands Historic Sites & Modern Prospecting Honey Holes Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: KevinInColorado https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-12531 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:56:29 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-12531 In reply to Morgan Brown.

I did a similar thing to build a bench top rod mill. I did find gold by running 30-50 mesh non-magnetic concentrates that had been stripped of their visible gold.

Using a rod mill rather than a ball mill has the added advantage of squishing the gold particles like dough under a rolling pin. You end up with flat flakes with more surface area than you would expect! Good luck with your experiment!!

]]> By: Morgan Brown https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-12528 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:34:36 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-12528 I bought some stainless steel rods that I have inside of a rock tumbler. Trying to make a half-assed rod mill, maybe roll my local 10 micron flecks into 50 micron “monsters”, hahaha. Good to see this isn’t completely far fetched.

]]> By: The Legend of Pegleg’s Black Gold Nuggets in Colorado Desert – Ripped And Reloaded https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-9750 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:27:28 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-9750 […] truth. Freddy Dodge, a respected figure in gold processing, investigated the black sand theory 9. His findings were sobering. The maximum gold content in Colorado black sands was a mere 1/10 oz […]

]]> By: Tony Marchant https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-7178 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:47:39 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-7178 Finally someone answered my question of smelting sulfides,thank you,this was a very interesting article.

]]> By: Brian Myshak https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2351 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:22:22 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2351 In reply to Zach.

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]]> By: Brian Myshak https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2347 Sun, 15 Mar 2020 01:12:53 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2347 In reply to paul l bailey.

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]]> By: KevinInColorado https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2136 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 06:06:43 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2136 In reply to Minerjim.

That could be. I’m a gold specialist so I’m unsure BUT my friend Jesse Peterson at Vic’s Gold Panning is the local expert on everything in that creek, including platinum. Stop in to see him; I’m sure he’d be happy to chat about your ideas!

]]> By: Minerjim https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2135 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:02:31 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2135 Kevin,
interesting article here on gold in black sands. But I think you need to look further. some black sands will carry platinum, some of which is para-magnetic. I remember reading once that these types of platinum bearing black sands could be found in Clear Creek. Just food for thought, early miners were not looking for platinum, even in small amounts. so maybe a lot got passed over?

]]> By: KevinInColorado https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2063 Mon, 18 Nov 2019 19:33:40 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2063 In reply to Zach.

As a first move, i’d suggest sending a sample off to get it assayed. Have you considered that? Where are you based and generally speaking where was this sample collected?

]]> By: Zach https://findinggoldincolorado.com/gold-in-black-sands/#comment-2012 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:16:04 +0000 http://findinggoldincolorado.com/?p=8136#comment-2012 Hello I need help identifying some hard rock black sand. I’m new to prospecting and believe I have a significant amount of black sand with gold.

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