bswartzwelder
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For years I have been watching the gold mining programs on TV like "GOLD RUSH". It's really interesting to see the professionals convert many thousands of cubic yards of gold rich dirt and rocks into the small flakes of gold they weigh out. It actually looks like a coarse powder. You see their equipment wash the dirt and rocks and they end up with a few nice sized nuggets, and some "pickers". We all know they are only getting the biggest pieces. But what I've wondered about all these years is, how much gold are they losing? Gold that is possibly too small to be seen with the naked eye? Powdered gold? I suspect most of the gold could be of the micron size. If we could figure out some way to collect the powdered gold from their washings/tailings, we could all be billionaires. The miners wouldn't care if you could collect gold from what they are throwing away, because they have no real way of collecting it themselves. What way could you possibly use to find gold this fine and then concentrate it into a usable volume? Maybe it's all a dream, but something to think about....