silver ore smelting

Smelting Silver Ore with the KK-6

[@Stevennickel]

Fantastic setup! It's amazing how much more efficient the process is when you've got the tools of the trade.

[@lifeofola9289]

I'm glad you've gone through step by step. Hard to find videos like yours (Equipment and process). I'm happy and once I get the money I'll be doing this on my free time.

[@hassanrizk8937]

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[@shealdedmon7027]

How's it going? Did you get the money yet? If you didn't get the money yet use your free time to get the money.

[@jaybales3160]

Excellent demonstration. I learned a great deal from this video. Don’t plan on actually doing this but wanted to have an idea on how it is accomplished. Thank you for sharing.

[@ChristmasEve777]

I wanna actually do this... I just don't have a source of any precious metal ore :(

[@kody64]

this was the best detailed video I have found. appreciate all the information. look forward to watching more.

[@woofielove1970]

Dude, 500 years ago this vid would be supreme wizardry. Well done, precise and straightforward. Something lacking these days.

[@ataali4279]

No sir , i think its lead with alittle silver , the percentage in ore its contain 65% lead , and 2% silver , you can melting your result with 5% of zinc to get pure silver

[@unclemaple]

That is Awesome !!! I am just finishing a rock crusher and trying to have a electric driven or gas option. Im in Montana and this really opened up some new prospecting ideas. Ive been caught up looking for Gold but the silver you showed was incredible. Thank you for sharing your skills

[@AhmedAdly11]

Very detailed explanation! Good job and may all your mining dreams come true!

[@turtlepowerable]

This is so fascinating, thank you for showing everyone this amazing skill.

[@bobc5137]

I thought that was one of the coolest things I've seen I mean we all see silver but we all don't get to see the process good job man

[@airwolf36]

"This is Tom Burdet, and we'll leave the light on for ya."

[@SylenceIsbliss]

😂

[@akeeperoftheword]

That was great, nice job on the process. You are very methodical and efficient and it produces quite nicely. Keep up the good work!

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

Great start to finish demo. Thank you.

[@Bakpade]

After I watch this video and I figured how to do with mine.
Crushed the rock & add into Muriatic acid to removed all unwanted metal ,copper, iron nickel , calcite .
Clean it with warm water & dry them out.
Melting with flux or borax
And nitric acid for pure silver.
Thanks for the video
Very nice work here

[@firephantomforces9953]

7:51 Is Where It Starts.

[@burtburt2263]

Seriously!! Get to it already, so here,........

[@fxexpert4541]

People like you sir need to lay egg and multiply lol..thanks!

[@michaelrichardroberts579]

Without these men, you have no tele, no phone, no computer, no skyscapers, no nothing....

[@Wolfbyte30]

Great video! Always have been inspired to try this someday

[@silverwiskers7371]

To be able to see silver produced from a 1 man setup like that would be one hell of an awesome feeling, cool video

[@meMiner]

Great video and explanation of the process. I have watched it three times. Your ore is different than mine - -I have quite a bit of nickel and cobalt associated with the silver. My guess is the miller table would not remove these metals and when roasted would be a mixed ore button. Even so, I would love to try this.

[@rickcoona]

congrats on finding such hygrade ore source it's a bit of work but the results are worth the work anu hobby that will give you something shiny at the end of the day is always a plus.
thanks for showing us all how it's done, I've been prospecting since the early 1970's
--Rick

[@urbanminer8003]

Well done great video damn that’s some good ore you have! Thank you for sharing!

[@dancerjack1814]

That was so awesome! Fascinating

[@Rhoadie1]

Fascinating. Why is this so satisfying to watch??

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Haven't been here in a very long time. Nice to see what your up to. I am still pouring silver and lovin it. They call me "PAPA DEAN" now. Thanks bud, This was great.

[@michaels9926]

That was really interesting. Thank you.

[@ObiWanShinobi1]

I don't think I'll wver get to fool with anything like this, but it's a treat to see how it's done.

[@icon2012]

this is a pretty good video demonstrating a process this guy obviously enjoys working at. I strive to be this content doing something I enjoy someday.

[@joeestes8114]

Great video! thank you for sharing!

[@franciscogalindo3155]

Muchas gracias por sus videos. Saludos desde Mexico

[@bretgumpert5992]

Great job with the demo , great life skills

[@sirfartsalot1328]

Man, your voice could definitely put people to sleep!
Awesome setup though! I'm a home refiner and would love to have some of your toys along with the materials they work for! I have actually built a few mini kilns of my own that operate exactly like the one used in this video. They work great for silver.

[@SarahWilk100]

I was thinking the same thing it was seriously triggering my ASMR

[@sahidomar-se3zd]

😂😂😂😂

[@BushCampingTools]

pretty good! for sure

[@chemtrailseventysix672]

What a great video sir!

[@peterbrown9036]

Probably the coolest thing I've seen for a long long time

[@area46241]

Yes sir that IS cool....have to check out the miller table...

[@josephheffle7137]

There's so many ways to process silver it's incredible

[@georgehorman731]

I’m super impressed, I’d love to get into this, I love silver!! Two thumbs up.

[@lucianoguerra9013]

I like your setup Most people go big but I would love to have a little bigger setup for smelting aluminum. Very nice. Thank you.

[@larryleisuresuit9584]

Wow! this is really interesting. I didn't realize all the steps this takes.

[@PartridgeFamilyProspecting]

Thats the coolest thing ever! I had no idea it worked like that with ore!! Makes me question what my grandfather was doing on his land back in the day.. found bottles of mercury.. pick axe in his shop.. ive been looking for gold in the stream but maybe he was mining like that!

[@drfiberglass]

Looks like you have this down to a science. Are there any fume issues that should be concentered.

[@bboy108]

Fantastic! Well done

[@evanb1470]

You did not lie about your ore. High grade indeed.

[@molecularunity]

This was so great to watch and very interesting thank you 🙏 👍😊

[@osvaldocalle1047]

Thank you very much for your video. Looking forward to your roasting video. God bless you.

[@briananderson2390]

i have many dif hobbies. i cant help but chuckle as i readthrough some of the comments people have made on your video. why do ihave to make a profit on something i enjoyed doing? for instance, out of every fishing trip i have ever been on, not even one of them made any money for me. in fact, most, i returned home in dept or broke. thanks for the video. i found it very intresting and educational to say the least.

[@abrahambankhead2968]

I agree, who cares if it's not incredibly profitable, think about the practicality of being able to make a cast iron or copper tool from mineral ore! The skills displayed here are very cool. This is the kind of career building hobby my father talked about. People don't seem to realize how profitable prospecting and metalworking can be for those willing to file a legal mining claim.

[@tigerinatux6077]

Brian I think you are not a good fisherman LOL

[@kelvenguard]

I've been doing Auto-Body for 36 years now... It's hard to make Mcdonald's wages with my own shop... I need a hobby like this

[@kingoffoxez]

Dose "fishing" translate to going to Vegas for a weekend at the lake.if you are coming home in dept and broke from fishing maybe you should try gambling lol.

[@pudendajohnson1932]

@@kingoffoxez That's what I was thinking.

[@Robbob9933]

Have you ever tried going the nitric acid method with your concentrate?

[@cbarney666]

Sounds like he had fun talking about his hobby. And He made a couple of bucks. Good for this guy.

[@dscdrkel5546]

10-4**

[@MinerZeroNiner]

Some learned folk know how to use silver medicinally. So the profit is not always about making money.

[@chitranthirupathy6678]

Excellent video! Amazing!

[@shealdedmon7027]

Not bad. He only spent about sixty dollars to get twenty dollars worth of silver. At least he's doing something he likes and it keeps him off the streets.

[@danielspartan7754]

Great video, learnt something from this that I haven't heard anyone else say in a load of videos I've watched.
Also saved myself 5 minutes by watching this at 1.5x speed, still caught everything. At 2x you do miss a few things :)

[@danielspartan7754]

These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Both are acceptable, but learned is often used in both British English and American English, while learnt is much more common in British English than in American English.

[@danielspartan7754]

That's short for Mathematics, meaning multiple. We go to a Maths class to do multiple sums, if it was just one sum being the singular it would be a short lesson. It's the difference between Traditional and Simplified English.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

LOL !

[@TIPPYtoeup]

Appreciate the video. Thank you sir !

[@TomokosEnterprize]

New sub here. What a great small scale crusher. I can use one like this up here in North Central BC Can. Great setup fella. Love the dust abatement. Simple and effective too.This is a great step by step. I would sure like to see working some placer gold as well. Your setup is nice and clean and as I pour silver(from stock bars made into shot) I have all the things you show here. That most certainly is very rich stock you working with and I really enjoyed this a lot. Thanks so much and if you like come and visit. Can't hurt new friend.

[@nouveaubigtime2698]

nice how you go steady and detailed trough the whole smelting process. i learned a lot here . thanks ! 🗽

[@SpaceManAus]

Nice work was cool to watch thanks

[@michaelwitten204]

Awesome video. Thanks

[@meanboycoins6250]

Wow ! Great button! Nice job!

[@jwdchapala]

wonderful, instructive safety stressed video...thank you sir for sharing your skills

[@meteoman7958]

Excellent video! Subbed.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Hey MM. I loved it too

[@marzackza5600]

Is there any ideas displace or reduce aluminium oxide from rough stone?

[@MegaDankone]

Do you have any videos of you “roasting” the concentrates?

[@paulcoover9197]

I think you just burn them in an old frying pan over a campfire until it stops smoking. Stir it up as you do it. As it cools it starts looking kind of rusty. Now its an oxide. Now the graphite in the crucible takes the this and that oxides and takes away the oxygen from the silver oxide....whatever the name really is and wa la....metal silver. The Glass and Borax in the flux catches the other minerals

[@jamesoconnell9396]

Scraping silver crust off of Galena in the pot is my go to, Cerillos NM mine tailings...

[@allon33]

We have silver in the countryside where I live, this is good info. Best of luck my brother, may your fortunes be many.

[@lynnreem8900]

Awesome video

[@jeremyday7569]

Stupid video

[@trackpackgt877]

Looked like a hershey's kiss of solid silver! Great video but what is the Purity when you do that?

[@RonFProspecting]

Awesome video! Is that all silver at the end. Man you did a great job showing the process.

[@Makeyourowngoldbars]

Fantastic Video and explanation Pat!!!!

[@dekurvajo]

:) i think the "Black Magic" could be a much better brand name than "Black Scorpion"

[@xwinglover]

Or the Black Alchemist?

[@trizahkivila2271]

Churchill show

[@trizahkivila2271]

Churchill show

[@__The_Real_V__]

black magic is already the name of a product.

[@bucketlistbeginner]

Hi, thanks for the great video, I was born and raised in Nevada, and spent a lot of time in Virginia city, and worked at a gold mine when younger...what are you using for a flux? A borax? Thanks again, I sent this video to my grandkids, ...makes me want to go panning on the feather river..but I'm a bit long in the tooth now...great video, thanks for taking the time

[@NAT-uz3ld]

bucketlistbeginner u are like80-90 yrs old

[@voteclassicprogressivelibe2726]

Ye who smelt-it, dealt-it

[@ponkiebonk]

how does one go about finding a ring mold? how many repeats until pure refined?

[@williamwyckoff2441]

Fascinating thanks!

[@driftersforge4962]

I'd like to know if there's an easy way to make a crusher like the one in the video, maybe a smaller one

[@E-BikingAdventures]

If you mix silver oxide with sugar in water, the silver oxide will turn into just silver. It's a highly exothermic reaction. The water can boil. The silver will go from black to grey.

[@mannydiaz1413]

I love the shop, the process, and yes...he could be more animated while speaking but....he is good!...just wear long denim pants and boots. You never know, something can fall and drop. Just sayin'

[@DavidJohnson-ex3fu]

Perhaps if you get some flat pieces of very thin aluminum, cut them into the length of the inside of the jar. And then bend them so that they are like little veins. Glue two of them or four, inside the length of the inside of the jar. Then when you roll it they mix better

[@markware5077]

I just subscribed! I have a bunch of concentrates that have to be assayed but once that happens Im gonna k6 em'. If I could afford the "black scorpion", I would love to do that too. I made my own rock crusher already.... thanks again!

[@MrUsoutlaw]

i know hes not in movies but im sure hes heard the saying "show don't tell."

[@anthonypoole6901]

You dont bake the ore off after crushing? I was always told to bake off that ore to elininate lead in the melt and some other impurities.

[@roysmith8598]

i was looking for a guide on how to smelt silver in world of warcraft.. guess this will do it

[@jaratt85]

lol I was just thinking this guy is more monotone than WowCrendor

[@hfvkuhglhugkuyfkuygktuckct2509]

Roy Smith im currently smelting metal on ARK

[@petrjurasek7500]

Roy Smith i

[@pby1000]

This is even better!

[@johnnieboy7576]

I smelted hella silver in wow. its pretty self explanatory

[@HopelessLywanted]

So he's the one who played the can teacher in monsters university

[@MrCaseClayborn]

I looked through the comments but didn't see it mentioned; the mold's bottom edge which was over the flame, did it melt a bit or was it like that already?

[@thomaseidst3170]

Can you put this powder in a nitric acid sulution to take out the silver and then put in to a metal again???
By using pure copper to force the silver from a liquid to pure 999 fine silver and then smelt it to bar/ingots

[@exploringnorthernontario9627]

I tried it and it didn't work? I did not get a silver bead? How long did you fire the ore? How long did you roast it before hand?

[@williamjones7604]

*Getting back to basics, how was it determined the rocks had silver in them? chemical test? with all the metals in the world how is it determined that the rock contains any ore?*

[@mcdradus]

Think about this, look at all the steps and procedures he had to go through to extract this silver, no major feat by todays standards one might say. What I would like to know is how did primitive man ever figure out how to do this. How did he know there was silver in the rock in the first place, to me it just looked like a rock. it's amazing to me that people with little more than rocks and fire were ever able to decipher this. A very good video very informative, thank you for sharing.

[@lucianoguerra9013]

But you have to remember that primitive man found silver gold an other metal melting already in progress. For them it was first warms that they were after once it cooled they played with it, it value was not done until later. If they did not know it was in short supply they would not be wearing it as jewelry..But then this metals don't keep there edge so why bother other then as a gift for the one you love.

[@ernststravoblofeld]

Many ores were first used as pigments and glazes for pottery. You get the pottery kiln too hot and the glaze might sweat metal. And, metallic copper is found in ore deposits, so there's another hint.

[@memoryrinehart]

Silver can be found looking like silver in nature. That's the way I would prefer to collect it.

[@markhepworth4804]

mcdradus Doubt early man knew much about smelting ore,this is a far later invention. Silver and of course gold can be found in their natural shiny state.

[@memoryrinehart]

@@markhepworth4804 Mark Hepworth wasn't Tubal-cain (spoken of in Genesis) a worker with iron?

[@bertoid]

It seems wasteful to consume your expensive crucible to reduce the ore.
Could you mix crushed charcoal with the powdered ore to provide a cheaper source of carbon?

[@unname8486]

Silver oxide actually decompose in to silver and oxygen when heated not need carbon unlike iron oxide or copper oxide.

[@KB4QAA]

Bertoid: His statement about the crucible removing oxygen is incorrect. If it did the crucible would be consumed in the reaction and would become thin, brittle and break.

[@TomokosEnterprize]

They do ! I have seen a bunch just wear away. It is best to always partially cover the exhaust hole to lower the O2 level in theses furnaces.

[@larrytischler8769]

Does the arsenic stay with the flux?

[@tanlain4489]

I just watched silver mine ore days ago, thanks for showing but long process with the price,

[@king-mt9hg]

thanks for your explain but Can tell us what's that's kind of powder you using with the melting process?
and I'm greatfull for this video
with my best wishes
good luck .

[@TomokosEnterprize]

Hi, It is ordinary Borax Soap.

[@memoryrinehart]

The end piece looks like the size and shape of an acorn!

[@beattlebailey5588]

kool! you making any money with all the equipment expense or is it just a hobby to keep you out of trouble?

[@johnsheppard1476]

Can you please make a video about getting iridium metal either from copper ore,or from gold ore or at least just from platinum?I am actually getting that stuff from spark plugs and I know that some guys get it from some similar stuff as well but I've never seen how it's actually produced from anything natural!And by the way it will be the first ever RUclips video of such a challenging stuff being done!😉
Really quite a challenge!

[@dekurvajo]

Is this method could be used on black sand as well?

[@420rebel3]

Is the outside casing of the kiln stainless steel?

[@jimadamsu.s.prospector7587]

Arsenopyrite (while burning) produces poisonous sulfur and arsenic fumes which, if inhaled in large quantities, can be fatal.

[@roxannacamille35]

thanks for the video!

[@cristianpopescu78]

Amazing. I was in Rosia Montana, there is a huge Montain full Gold, Silver,have some rocks from there,I'll make some Tests...Thanks for shareing!.

[@revvanmev2885]

its a hershey's kiss!

[@Argentum4761]

If there is arsenopyrite which is a sulphide of arsenic on the ore i wouldnt be touching its dust with my fingers

[@dennisjohnson8753]

Good explanation