Smelting Problem

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I ran the material through my ball mill. It still has some pretty big chunks that I'll break up with a hammer and run it through the mill again. I did melt a sample of a bunch random metal globs. I tried to get as close to one pound as I could. The melted sample was taken to Elemetal in Franklin Tn. so I could get an XRF reading on it. We couldn't print it out without a sale but the content was everywhere. 72% Cu, 7% Ag, 5% Fe, 4% Sn with +/- 1% of a long list of other metals. If it was 1% gold, that's still close to 4.5g per pound of gold. That's not exceptional but when your talking about a fifty five gallon barrel full, who knows. I am going to refine the sample to prove that weight and then I'll know more about it.

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