Carbon Use in Gold Recovery
Updated 9/5/2009
As you can see, carbon-in-line can
be used effectively in modern gold
recovery, as an agent for
separating gold from liquid leaches.
Less commonly known is it's use in passively recovering gold from rivers, wells, and a variety of settings
where the level of gold (parts per million) is small, but as gravity brings the water by the carbon, and the
"Vanderwaal" electrical attraction makes it stick to carbon, the labor involved is near zero, and substantial
amounts, not only of gold, but silver, platinums and other metals can be recovered with ease.
Many are presently recovering from rivers in our area of Pennsylvania, and most every state has some
recoverable gold.  Those fortunate enough to live in known gold-bearing areas may take advantage of
wells already tapping the gold ores underground, or from agricultural waters in ditches, flowing from
gold-bearing rivers.  A  short list of gold-bearing rivers:  ;
Kuskokwim and Copper rivers of Alaska, Alder Gulch near Virginia City, Montana;  Helena district of the
Missouri river;  the Clark Fork of the Columbia river near Butte;  in the Boise Basin,Salmon river and
tributaries, along with the Snake river of Idaho; the Feather, American, Sacramento, Mokelumne,
Consumnes, Calaveras and Yuba rivers of California.  These and thousands of other rivers and streams
world wide daily send the fine flour, flakes and molecular gold downstream to the great oceans of the
world, or to settle out in many lakes.
You can intercept these flowing gold rivers with a variety of techniques, including direct filtration in
high-density areas, and more subtle carbon recovery in strictly passive ways, diverting flows to run
through your recovery system briefly, and returning the clean water to the source when you are done.
No pollution or disturbances are created by this method, and wildlife is not affected.
Best of all, the overall expenses are low, labor is very minimal, as the water flows do all the work.
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