AztekShine said:
The last part of the problem and the most important is Takeing the figure of 28oz to a ton. And figuring it to if one was to work with only a lb of that ore how many grams would be in a lb.
I understand it up to this point. It's at the conversion I am hitting a road block.
If you are using the US standard, and it sounds like it because you refer to 2000lbs as being a ton, then try this.
2000 lbs x 16 (there are 16 ounces to a lb, not troy ounces, the US Standard ounce) or if you want troy ounces it would be 2000 x 14.583, I only carried the decimal 3 places otherwise I could go on forever with threes. Now you have a comparison of ounces to ounces. Because we deal with Troy Ounces in regard to precious metals I am going to use Troy for this example. Here you go.
2000 x 14.583 = 29166 troy ounces to an US standard Ton. Make sure you are not talking about a troy or metric ton. Also, 2000 is a rounded number, I am using your figures and what I believe you are trying to achieve, but do the math yourself and look up the conversions for exactly what you are trying to do.
So now you have 29,166 troy ounces against your 28 ounces. To figure out the percentage just divide 28 / 29,166 which would be .00096002194 I believe, unless my math is seriously flawed somewhere. But again, make sure you check the correct conversions for the measurements you are looking for. So in a ton, the percentage would be the end number above. ..0096002194% The percentage should be the same for a ton, or a lb, unless the 28 ounces of material accumulates more in one area, than another, but I don't believe that is what you are concerned about. In other words, if you took out a lb, out of the ton, it would be the same percentage as the ton. Once you have matching values it's really easy to figure percentage.
Just make sure you have the correct conversions for the weights you are talking about. Your end result may be very different from mine if you are not using the same conversion calculations.
