Toddntucson7
Active member
My question is, and maybe for people just starting up, is the first step is to get a assay of your ore. Of course every expert or tradesman in the business on this forum needs to start with that to answer novice questions about "end of rainbow" dreams of gold. A lot come in the forum ask "I have X product how do I get the X valued material out?" Usually they are thinking it's as simple as using a propane torch to melt or local hardware store materials and bang their in the money. I'm goi to be a small scale miner that will be going in today to have a assay done.
I have about 200 pounds of ore, a small batch at home I collected from the site I'm about to stake claim and mine. I will probably be a collect the ore and take to refiner per truck load operation once a week maybe everyday who knows. What amount should I give the person that's going to assay? Now figure he is the one going to be buying this ore as well. Do I let him pick out ore that I know is just the host material more than the rich unsmelted parts so he will have a lower grade assay in hand so he doesn't have pay me more when I bring it back?
I have read a lot of the articles in here on sweeps and such and it seems there is a lot of trickle down economics going on out there down to refining the refiners material for that extra 1/4% of value. I want to make sure I get a proper assay done that's accurate and I want all my metals extracted back. I pay him for the work not to make a gratuity that's hidden from new comers in this. So should I say to the person doing the assay this is for, let's say selling ore on eBay giving people acrossed the world a piece of the old west lol, so I get, at least, a more accurate assay because he won't think I will be selling this ore back to him in the future?
Can a person wait until fired and sifted take a sample back for second opinion? I don't mind someone making a buck, or a percent of my work, but be upfront how much hidden things come along with it. So should I take 200 pounds in cleaned like I would normally sell or what is the minimum amount required to do an assay so the new person knows what to expect getting into this whole lovely mess we all have a love hate relationship with?
Side note' I'm doing silver as my main material, some may have gold or "X" material or does it matter do they give you a breakdown of everything in the ore?
I have about 200 pounds of ore, a small batch at home I collected from the site I'm about to stake claim and mine. I will probably be a collect the ore and take to refiner per truck load operation once a week maybe everyday who knows. What amount should I give the person that's going to assay? Now figure he is the one going to be buying this ore as well. Do I let him pick out ore that I know is just the host material more than the rich unsmelted parts so he will have a lower grade assay in hand so he doesn't have pay me more when I bring it back?
I have read a lot of the articles in here on sweeps and such and it seems there is a lot of trickle down economics going on out there down to refining the refiners material for that extra 1/4% of value. I want to make sure I get a proper assay done that's accurate and I want all my metals extracted back. I pay him for the work not to make a gratuity that's hidden from new comers in this. So should I say to the person doing the assay this is for, let's say selling ore on eBay giving people acrossed the world a piece of the old west lol, so I get, at least, a more accurate assay because he won't think I will be selling this ore back to him in the future?
Can a person wait until fired and sifted take a sample back for second opinion? I don't mind someone making a buck, or a percent of my work, but be upfront how much hidden things come along with it. So should I take 200 pounds in cleaned like I would normally sell or what is the minimum amount required to do an assay so the new person knows what to expect getting into this whole lovely mess we all have a love hate relationship with?
Side note' I'm doing silver as my main material, some may have gold or "X" material or does it matter do they give you a breakdown of everything in the ore?