Sluice Box Matting Setup

With relatively little equipment to pack in a prospector can move a lot of material and develop a good amount of concentrates in a day.

Sluice box matting setup. How to properly setup adjust and operate a sluice box. How sluice boxes work running a sluice box is one of my favorite methods of prospecting. Roll up the matting which lines the bottom of the sluice box trough and thoroughly rinse off all the concentrate. This should be done with the matting safely contained in a gold pan or deep bucket if possible.

Miners moss nomad sluice carpeting regular price. Keene super mini sluice box a 51a regular price. Good examples of this box type are the dfs damn fine sluice and steve gaber s pop and son sluice. Remove the sluice s riffle section and screen and set it aside exercising care not to shake off any gravel adhering to it.

Quality matting is important not only in a basic sluice box but also for the sluice on a suction dredge. Sluices also have the advantage of being hand fed non powered equipment so no gas to pack no smoke to inhale and no noise to spoil a quiet afternoon on the stream. Shovel material into the sluice at the flared end as close to the end as possible so that the material is washed over the entire length of the sluice. It is a good idea to experiment with different water flows angles of the sluice box riffle types and different matting to increase the fine gold recovery.

The sluice should be set at a downhill angle that allows the material to briskly flow through the sluice. To prevent clogging of the riffles and matting don t feed the riffles to fast. The higher the volume of water available the shallower the angle will be. After the riffle section has been removed roll up the matting which lines the bottom of the sluice box trough and thoroughly rinse it off in a pan or bucket.

The concentrate rinsed from the matting will contain most of the gold accumulated during the run. Keene a51 mini sluice box regular price. Jobe yellow jacket sluice boxes 36 or 45 regular price.