re opening a small silver mine in australia

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rainy day

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Hi, I am in the process of re opening an old silver mine. I got an assay on some mullock and It also contains 11% lead,
9% zinc, 6000gpt copper, 835 gpt silver. From the history they would crush and concentrate,
Send of to cockle creek smelter. I remember here a while ago there were 2 silver miners in
Tasmania that responded to a post. I meant to pm you at the time. I guess i am just wondering
If someone can help me out a bit with the process. I have a jaw crusher, hammer mill. Some of
The galena is in pieces 4 mm, do i still try and crush everything to sub 1mm before putting
Over table like gold? I guess trial and error. I know there is a smelter in sa, any others that will
Handle this type of ore? I will post some pics of ore later. Cheers.
 
good luck, realise you would be very busy with the mine, but try for regular updates, even make some YouTube vids.

depending how much silver you dig out, marketing by forums and YouTube etc can help you maximise profits if you go down selling some hand poured bars.
 
Keen for pics and updates! I'd buy one of your bars for sure :)

edit: in fact I believe I have first dibs!!
 
Rainy day

Are you close to South32 or Cannington ?? Speak to some of the boys there
They may shed some light how they processing there.
 
hey guys, sorry not been on here for a while. Does anyone know the guys from TAS that do silver mining? They are on here.
I am still dealing with the guberment. Not sure if any good stuff left. Some mullock was solid with galena. Will post some pics. Anyone want to buy some ore? Is that still difficult? Where is s32 and cannington? texas?
 
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