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Opening My Gold Mine! Part 10: Gold Mine Rail
Opening My Gold Mine! Part 10: Gold Mine Rail Installation!
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Jason, along with @mineoperator and special guest @Danhurd are about to tackle a major project in the mine: installing a rail systems to expedite the movement of precious gold ore.
This video kicks off with @Danhurd lending his expertise to the crew as they embark on setting up and installing…
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Why not make a cart to transport the bags down the shoot?
Jason Eric from gold bar wa I wonder that yellow mist that seems to ride with the gold in your rock cou6 that be super fine gold? Let me know if you can
You guys are putting in a real system made out of wood you’re running a cart along with just supplies to build more rail but you haven’t even tested it with say a heavy bin full of rocks I’m guessing is your intention for this Rail?
Nice! hey three guys, three carts… you got yourself a train…😉
Make the carts robotic. They know when the arrive at the end station for unloading and one cart can carry piggyback the other empty carts back to the start point. Ask any HS robotics team to design a Raspberry Pi controlled cart that can read QR decals. Five or ten carts with high torque low speed vex motors (or similar), (I bet there is already similar in mining supply stores) 12-volt battery packs. Put some 300w Solar panels outside and several battery packs inside so you can charge all your devices overnight.
How about making the bottom of the chute like a playground slide. that could eliminate the pulley system.
Maybe nail some carpet to the last 10-15’ of the chute to slow the bags so they don’t break?
what are you gong to do about all the water ???? are you going to back fill the rail
Hi Jason,
If using a pully system to lower bags counterweight the system and run a dc motor like out of a golf buggy with regenerative braking as you are always putting weight downhill and counterweight return you will generate power that you can also use to charge your power tools, or even put a motor on your cart, a lot of golf carts are 48v and so are a lot of scooters for motors for carts, can also run solar panels outside with 48vdc regular/charger
It’s 2023, and here I am watching mining and ghost town videos from content creators. A couple years ago I would have never predicted that…but here we are. Excellent content. Keep up the good work!
Down the shoot you can use a sock to slow the bags down
This was really neat to see. Thanks Jason 😅
The track is a great leap forward guys! Now to build some actual dumpable oar cars perhaps some sheet metal on the chutes and ditch the bags all together and dump directly in a chute to a dump truck and away ya go. Next some 12 volt low voltage light strings and a generator. Steady improvements day by day… congratulations on the actual working hopefully vary profitable mine, yall deserve it for all the hard work.Whoo hoo miners!!!! I'm looking forward to Jeff and slim coming over to whip you guys into shape, you heard me and yea your gonna get wet!😊 Lmao
At the place the water comming down the wall up high form up a v with a pipe out the bottom hook a( Hdpe) Black poly pipe tp it and run it out side same at the face going up depending on flow etc. could be used for drill water or even run a small hydro genrator to charge batterys
or lighting in the tunnel
best part it does not use fuel
i beleave it could run quite a few led lamps
Just my humble opinion
ps to harden your wheels on your cart a 2 to3" piece of pipe to go between the rims it will give you a flat serface to the rail
posably even strap your rail with 1 1/2' X 3/16' steel
Jason. At the end of the bag slipway put a curve. Like at the bottom of a childs slide so it end up with it moving horizontal and has a slowdown area. No more broken bags and no need for the rope system. Give it a try, I bet it works.
If you lengthen the angle on the bottom section of the chute, the bags will slow down , and not break.
You look to have enough room to draw the chute toward the rails several feet, and the flatter the angle, the less acceleration
What would it take to get a crusher and shaker table set up in the mine? Sure would save a lot of time and effort if you could process the ore right there at the entrance and only have to haul your concentrates down the mountain.
Managing the tailings would require a bit more infrastructure i guess, but it would solve the problem of how to load the truck, and might allow you to simplify your process for moving ore too if you can eliminate the need for sandbags.
Either way, its really cool what you guys are doing, and im excited to see where you take this project.
I can't believe I didn't get a notification of this part 10. I posted after seeing number 11, with Dan! Oh well…..
Jason, the rail system with the cart is a back saver! It went together so smoothly. I believe it will be better than this after you finish tweaking a couple of boards in the corners. And, I totally agree that it is 50 times better than a wheelbarrow! Add a push rail to the back of the cart and the work is done!
I wrote an idea I had that has been used by me, to keep the chute from fraying your ore bags. The perfect solution is to line the chute with a layer of galvanized sheet metal. Layer it as if you are putting shingles on a roof (from the bottom upward. The bags will not get holes or frayed edges that would spill your ore out. It would be really easy for you to do (and is inexpensive) 😉
Thank you so much for sharing your hard work and fabulous mine with us! Hard work yields the greatest rewards. You are on the cusp of an undescribable mine! Blessings from Alabama ❤️
I'm at 16:20 and I bet the axles give out first, then the joints at the curves.
First ton. You know now what you got. We don’t. Nothing like a bit of anticipation.
Very cool + useful👍everything will be easier, including keeping the drain/pee channel dug out. I'd say more crush rock between the rails to walk on the wet areas
Would it make more sense to get rid of the tires and have a stop that is at waist level. Then you aren't bending down to pick up the bags?
Do you reckon you could link a couple of carts together and still push them along the rail with one person? If so that would be a very efficient run as you fill em up.
This is great to watch Jason. Best of luck with the mine
I'd 45 off your chute so ore goes into a ore cart that has sides. Nice rail! 👍
Nice the rail system looks sweet! Just wondering Jason why don't you make some curved rails with your 2xs you could easily put a bow in that flesh lumber by setting it up on some spacers and weighing it down in the middle over night might be a good way to fix some of the super tight corners even a 12" bend over 8' would have it's advantages!
Maybe it's a bad idea, but wouldn't a rubble slide work for sliding the bags down without them breaking (just a random thought on my part)
So why are you using wood railing it's going to rot fast. You must not be expecting to be there for long correct?
Cool Project 🙂
Loving this. Can’t wait to see the crushing, shaker table and smelting 👍👍
Love the track system. Changing the angle of the shoot will decrease speed.
It was a missed opportunity to say, "I've been working on the railroad, all the live long day!"
there is a device with two rails and about 5 cylinders mounted between them. it is used for rappelling i believe. it can be adjusted for friction. put the rope through it and you won't have to use your gloves and hand for friction. it is used for search and rescue and rock climbing.
put some candle wax on the inside and outside of each rail to smooth the ride. also see jeff williams electric winch hauler system so one person near the outside and one loader person
on the inside running the control for the winch…and a bump switch when the cart reaches the ends. don't cover the cart with the push handle…it iwill make it harder to load rock bags.
will the wood not rot in all that water ?
You guys have made an amazing amount of progress! Could you use a pulley system with a reel at each end to move the bags all the way to the entrance? Keep on truckin'!
I play a lot of games like Factorio, as there is one crucial feature that we could use in reality is: what about a conveyor belt system?
You dont need a push bar. you need a pull rope