Do You Leach?

[Mike Hillis]

Thank you Chris, for all the info you have shared.   I know many people bring home concentrates to pan out at their leisure.   I wondered if anyone brought stuff home to leach.  I guess the answer is not many.

 

That 1/2 ounce of gold plate recovery is impressive.  I can't even imagine how much electronic equipment had to be processed to get that much.

 

HH
Mike

[Reno Chris]

Long story on the electronics. They were several pounds of gold plated contact pins. A guy I know of but never met somehow acquired them - I have no idea where they came from. Some years later he passed away, and a friend of mine was given them for helping the widow sell his extensive collection of mining equipment. Some years later my friend passed and I helped his widow sell his equipment and was given a few oddball things, including these pins. The gold plate has now been melted down with some gold jewelry I detected into a button weighing about 1.75 ounces.