Pyrite (iron Sulfide) has long been known to be an indicator of Gold and can have Gold associated with it in the host rock but for most people the question has always been - " How do you get the Gold from the Pyrite." In this video we describe what Pyrite is, how to identify it (as compared to Gold) and of course to extract the Gold (if any) from it. Be careful when roasting any Sulfide especially Arsenopyrite as dangerous fumes are released during the process. If you have stories of roasting Gold ore leave them in comments section and smash that Like button. For more video on processing ore to get Gold watch this video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIeZydV8mM65c7w.html

@GraemeWight-wx3xz

5 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your back catalogue Jeff. You cover all of the good stuff and your high jinks and jaw jackin is good fun too. Say, you know what, see when your gonna do re runs a wee intro at the start to set the mood. You could tell the when why of it and then fade into the re run. Im sure it would not be too time consuming or annoying. Anyway. Hope Mrs Jeff and you are doing ok and living the loving life. From Edinburgh Scotland with respect my man. 🤗🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝🇺🇸

@dawnac6453

5 ай бұрын

Hi again Jeff! I got one of those tables from Rhetta when she was alive. It wasn't an actual miller table but its very similiar. It attaches to a 5 gallon bucket. She said Darren used it all the time out at her claims. I also got a couple of those graphite conical molds from her. Those are very good ones. Much better than the steel ones although she carried those too. Gawd I wish that woman was still with us So my mine is like full of sulfides galena and pyrite but I'm saving all the ore that has a good amount of sulfides in it. Good idea?

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

@@GraemeWight-wx3xz thanks my brother really appreciate that

@jasoncampbell4723

5 ай бұрын

@@GraemeWight-wx3xzI just spend most of my time in his back catalogue of videos, so much to learn!

@brandonrobertson6327

5 ай бұрын

​@@AskjeffwilliamsHave you ever prospect Central Southside Virginia? The foot hills/Piedmont areas in particular? I was wondering about what geology to look for in these areas. Thanks

❤ I love your enthusiasm. I have learned more about geoligy in one year watching your videos, than in school. You are a great teatcher 👍

@Crushbandicoot-wv8xb

5 ай бұрын

Dude I’ve learned more from good yt creators than school and college it’s a crazy good resource for info

@theghostofsw6276

5 ай бұрын

Too bad he doesn't teach spelling...lol.

@ETAisNOW

4 ай бұрын

@@theghostofsw6276Too bad he doesn’t teach grammar… I see some errors in your past comments.

In my younger days, when I wasn't enlightened, I used mercury to pick up the small gold out of my finish pan. One time I put the mercury in the pan and all the black sand stuck to it. I thought this was strange and took the mercury to an old timer I was friends with. He took one look at it and said "bring me that black sand." The next weekend I brought him the black sand and he smelted it. Got a nice little button out of it. I know mercury is no bueno now, but it sure was an easy way to determine if black sand was worth keeping.

If I knew all these geological stuff and could find gold anywhere all the time I would be as intense and energized as Jeff is.

Your outdoor classroom is better than being in a stuffy indoor classroom 😊. One learns more from a natural environment setting and hands on experience. Thank you and Lila for all yous do. And the highlight is having recess with SLIM😂😂

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely!! always our pleasure Tina

I’m proud to be able to say that I am now a new $10 a month patron of Jeff Williams and I’m praying that one day I’ll be one of his gold winners

Hey brother seems like I've been watching your show forever. Truly the most informative person on KZread. You have taught me more about geology, and gold exploration than anyone out there. I really appreciate it.

Very Nice Gold Chunk !! Excellent Demonstration and Information Jeff 🏴‍☠️

I see that B-17 hanging in the corner of the shop. Lol ! Great video from the archives ! Love your enthusiasm and wealth of knowledge to make this a simple process for folks to understand. Thanks for sharing all the resources too ! We smashed that LIKE button real hard for ya ! Take care Bro !!! 🤠⛏️⚒️👍

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

good eye my brother ....love them B-17s..... always our pleasure and really glad you like them....thanks

One of the First videos I watched on roasting sulfides and smelting for gold. One of the classics I'm glad you brought it back the backyards changed a little bit from these days to the homemade backyard gold bucket Cube😊

Its 1:03 am on a tuesday morning and its cold outside i cant sleep...but watching jeff chase gold and teach us about it really makes all this more than bearable. Thanks Jeff

I found massive deposits of the same minerals and no one could answer my question…You did it in one minute! Thank you 💫

Thank you Jeff

I always love these videos. I have rock that has alot of pyrite with really small gold assiciated with it. Roasting helps free the gold trapped in the pyrite. Using nails also attracts the sulpher when smelting.

Man, Jeff, you have a nice set up, appreciate you and your info! thank you sir

Great info Jeff!

Great video my brother!

great video Jeff love all the ways you can get gold out

Jeff, you always have all the fun. Nice setup. Thanks for sharing. ;o)

You Rock Jeff!

For being pyrite its was a pretty nice prill you pulled out. Always learning something new from you. Thanks Jeff.

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

you betcha

One of my favourite video.waiting for this.need to replay few times to understand, but not really familiar with flux,borax n etc.goodday Jeff and thanks from Malaysia

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

you betcha

You get to have all the fun

The angle of the dangle, is directly proportionate to the bounce in the ounce.

Awesome geology tips. Thanks. Come on, let's go!!

Oh! You are sooo good! Thank you, again from the Sulfide Queen of the San Joaquin❤ Happy V,Day

That is so freaking cool….I have gold fever even though I’ve never been able see or touch a real piece of gold

Hey Jeff, hope you & family are well. I am just in the middle of this situation, there just might be gold in my Ore after all. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep up the dream..

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

you betcha

Right Jeff, great tutorial, I’m watching this again, the Uk and Ireland seem to have literally beds of pyrite akin to patches of sand in the mountain streams literally tons of the stuff. We got very excited when we started panning but soon realized it wasn’t gold! Darned fools😂 ✊🏽❤️✊🏽

Hello my friend love the old videos. If people don't know have to watch Jeff Williams to learn everything you want to know about Geology an much more be safe 🙏 got some blue silicone on ur finger lol that stuff sticks anywhere.

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

Thanks my brother ..... thanks , really appreciate that and you to

Great video once again thanks! The tailing from the gold cube should be screened to minus 200 and smaller and be processed on a Miller table. I'm pretty sure you missed/lost alot of micron gold.

Good luck i have the same pyrite

Well, if it isn't my favorite geologist, gold miner and prospector, Jeff Williams!! :DDDDDDD I hope you're having a wonderful day, buddy. Your videos always bring me great vibes and I appreciate your work so much! Take care now

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

we love to hearthat

You're the best :) thanks

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

thanks

Do you feed your material dry like that still? I was under the impression that it was better to wet your pay prior to feeding it into a Gold Cube? I found my first piece of quartz with Iron Pyrite while panning for gold here in Arizona so thanks for this video. Definitely looks just like the brassy stuff you’ve got there. I’ll give it the ole hammer smash to see if there’s any gold in there. I don’t have enough material to justify all that extra gear yet, but maybe after collecting a few buckets of the stuff it’ll be a necessity. Thanks for dropping all of your experience and knowledge on us! Too many folks clutch their pearls and hold onto that tribal knowledge, but you’re helping newcomers avoid common mistakes and potential roadblocks too. Thanks Jeff!

Awesome!

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I have found that I have to clean the gold cube trays after each run with a toothbrush because gold will stick in those little hairy squares

ur like that one friend thats exited abut everything

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

pretty cool huh

Hey Jeff, always "dig" your videos. I think I joined your club but I'm a geezer and don't quite know what I did or didn't do right. I'll keep digging.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thats great and welcome aboard ....

@tinkering123

4 ай бұрын

Where should I go to check my membership? Is there an icon I should see? I'd like to know if I did it right. I have access to your library of posts. Thanks Old duffer playing along..

I’ve noticed in many of your videos when you’re in the shop that you have a bunch of antifreeze containers or oil containers in the background neatly organized. Care to share what’s in those if it’s not what originally came in the container? Appreciate your channel!

How much pyrite did you use and how much gold did you get? Excellent content I have learned alot.

That Smart Fella Jeff definitely knows what he’s talking about..Huuum..! Well explained my brother from another Mother.. Say hi to Lila, Slim and Nevada Jack my friend.. Cheers Famo59 Tony..👍⛏️

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks my brother from another mother ..... will do and say hi to Wendy for us to ....Cheers mate

There is an effort to reactivate the Idaho-Maryland outside Grass Valley in Nevada County. It is opposed by the county board thanks to a bunch of NIMBY neighbors. The Idaho-Maryland is one of the largest, deepest lode mines in California. The waste rock from the I-M, and the Empire mines have been used as gravel by the county for years.

Can sulfide fluid coat gold thanks for the video Jeff

This vid brings back memories of when Slim used to be around more.

So, I got my hands on 5 pounds of MBMM's high grade, and 26 pounds of his run of the mine ore. The high grade had free mill in it, and I'm still working on processing it. (I screwed up my first cupelling attempt, and have to reprocess, but even so, I managed to get exactly 2 grams of gold beads separated so far) For the mine run ore, I've only panned the around six pounds of screened 30 minus so far, and saw no free mill. However, I've been wondering if I should smelt down the ferrous material I separated from mine run ore, as under the microscope, is a lot of pyrite. (curiously enough, very little ferrous material was pulled from the high grade ore, and what there was, barely had any signs of pyrite) The Mighty Mill showed up today, and I'm in the process of crushing down the rest of the mine run ore!

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

thats great ..... keep us posted

"AU" let's go!

We can tell when your video is one of your ❤ projects. And fools gold is very important. No joke. And 98 fine gold is in one other place. But it's my special place. Aussies and Alaska are not alone. Shhhhhh don't you give it away. And I learned pyrite will be angular. Sharp 90° edges. Another fun video.

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

that's great Rick , you will have to tell me about this " special place " of yours hahahaha

Rock on!

Good morning from Southeast South

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

good morning SWM

Hey Jeff just want to let you know that me and my mom miss Jeb. Hope he can make it back on your show.

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

maybe one day

@knightmare50

5 ай бұрын

Awesome, I’ll let my mom know. We are fans and students of your teachings. Thank you

I collect pyrite bar and copper bar any other minerals metal even gold nuggets collection! 😊

I like seeing gold oh yees 👋 Jeff

Yeah gold

Jeff, you truly are the best. However, in this case I see several errors. First and foremost is not covering what happens when you break down the sulphides. When you break those down you are also breaking the bond with other elements present. And when you add water, it's not exactly like a zoo, but there is so much that happens. In this, the water ideally should be distilled. Gold can escape by attaching to the chlorine in the water (if tap water). This may not be much, but it's still YOUR gold! And it escapes as gold chloride. Then the other minerals, no matter how minuscule, present also break down with the water. Rule of thumb is the more massive, i.e. lacking crystalline structure, the most "impurities" in the pyrite. This can be a lot! Name any of the metals that bond with sulphur and you *could* have present in the pyrite. And that gets into the water. And that is one of the other problems. What is being done with the wastewater from this? Yeah, I know. The amount YOU produced is minimal. But...human nature kicks in. If they, our fellow prospectors, can get more ore, you bet they're gonna get it and process it! And...you get more wastewater. No longer 1 or 2 gallons, but 5 gallons. Then 10. And it goes up. Ya gotta process the water before disposing of it. Ideally you want to test it to make sure you're getting the crud to drop out. Like molybdenum, zinc, vanadium, lead, iron, copper, amongst others. In small amounts like you process Jeff, I see no problem. But as I said, opportunity and prospectors a dangerous pair! You know, like Bonnie & Clyde, Thelma & Louise, Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, you and Slim...oppps!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

thanks my brother

So Jeff, ive known about pyrites carrying values for decades. Ive never understood them to be free milling? I always understood they required roasting to release if not aditional chemistry to leach. Costing more to proccess than the gold value with the older technologies but now we can profit from it. A. What's the possibility of the free gold coming from your equipment residual from previoys high grade runs? B. What's changed to make pyrites value recovery profitable? [I mean, the capitol to crush roast n smelt is key difference along with efficient furnace, is that all ? Or do we better understand tge metalurgy/chemistry better as well? Im currently building an electrolitic cell for .9999 refining and offering custum refining out of utah as small startup [heirlooms to bullion and small batch high grade]

Still waiting for a brand new authentic Slim in action video. And no, not an action video of him in the crapper. Wait, actually that might make for a good one! So come on, Jeff - let's go!! I mean at this time Jeff.

Jeff, do you adjust your flux for the presence of copper. My sulfides came from a copper district and have copper sulfides along with azurite and malachite. I only got two pin-head size pieces of free-mill so far. Also some tiny copper bits. Funny this is posted today. I just got back from Arizona and am trying to decide which process to use now that I roasted my sulfides. I was thinking about electrolytic refining, but fire is always fun!

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

yes ... there are so many Flux recipes out there like a cookbook for metals

Thanks for the video Jeff. I was going to ask you what was the brand name of that forge you are using also, I noticed you had a temperature sensor on there that appear to be aftermarket or did it come with the forge? Appreciate the info!

To me there’s nothing cooler than watching rocks being crushed then turned into…Gold…(SHINY)

Thanks for the sulfide lesson....one question though...I saw you put the red hot crucible into the flames and cover it up... What happens to it next do you slowly ease off the gas and lower temp slowly. Or just cover stand turn off gas?

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

yep we ease off the gas and let it cool down slowly

What is the black flakes that u add plz ?

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

flux ....Hankl Chapman recipe

Thank you jeff, but one costion , did you add only flux and borax to roaste pyrite ?

C'mon, yer gonna learn somethin! The teacher has old videos, and he also has newer equipment he's not showing in this one. Thanks, Jeff.

Jeff can you please bring back the video you did years ago about when you were walking through desert and kept wanting water. Then you were getting rained on until you realized you were getting peed on! Lol 😂😂😂 funniest video ever! Bring it back! Awesome video jeff

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

aaah yes that was Gold in Calcite kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGmgz6uRpJO0lKw.html

@user-vr2le9vk2d

5 ай бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams Please repost this video! So funny! My sides hurt laughing! Watching you go staggering through the desert with a face full, eyes burning! Lol 🤣😆🤣

Dude, I know you got it covered, but I always freak when that slop pours out over the mold. Thinking that was towards the bottom of the melt, I wonder how much jink is in those blobs on the side ...

" Legend " 😊💰😊

You just need to find some of the gold tellerides (Au..Te..) that were mistaken for pyrite by the old timers...

@sixfigureskibum

4 ай бұрын

I wish I knew about telluride when I was living in Mesa Verde I would head east on my days off and explore national forests looking for old mines places to ski and shoot trap. I found mines with telluride all 9ver the surface float below the dumps. I knew it was terrilum / telluride but had no knowledge of its real values or means of extraction. Been wondering lately if I could find those places again 25 years later.. and then realize I got my 4x4 3/4 ton 3:11 gear truck stuck in snow drifts and was in top wild fire fighter shape back then 😂😂😂😂 maybe I could make a treasure map though 😮😊 . Google earth wasn't a thing back then. All paper usgs topos.

So it isn’t the pyrite itself it’s the host rock around it correct? Or will straight pyrite have actual gold sometimes?? Great video and interesting about the water flow and sulfides I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing see you on the next one👍🏼👊🏼

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

gold precipitates on the other lattice of the pyrite structure....some pyrites have more Goldon them like Arsenopyrite

I’d been so excited to become one of your premium patrons up until I saw your gold giveaways weren’t some kinda drawings instead they are a guessing game a snowball would have a better chance surviving in hell than I would in a game guessing how much gold there is in a picture of gold oh well you can’t win em all I’m still proud to be able to contribute to Jeff’s mining in his drift mine.

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

Hi Timmy , welcome aboard and thank you

@timmynorfolk7817

5 ай бұрын

Your very welcome Jeff hey is the end of the month video for the gold contestI on here or on the patrons site @@Askjeffwilliams

@timmynorfolk7817

5 ай бұрын

Your welcome Jeff and hey thoes baggies of gold you give away are huuuuuuge don’t know how I’m going to be able to make an estimate of the weight but I’ll give it a shot I had no idea they would be that huuuuuuuge😂@@Askjeffwilliams

Like your McDonald's mixing cup :D

Would you be willing to look up Denny Creek in wa State. More specifically rockhounders/deadmans gulch. There is a massive vain of quartz iron pyrite Garnet Galena etc. İt's difficult to get up to but there's supposed to be gold in Denny Creek and I'm curious if that is where it's coming from.

I'm porm metal detector Indonesia 👍👍 Goold years ❤🙏🙏

9:23 what kind of stone i found it

i have so many here so are wanna some of pyrite.

How many pounds of rcck did you run to get that bb of gold?

Wow

For that last step in the process,, would a Bunsen burner work or does temperature have to be higher?

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

much higher

@tinadelwiche416

4 ай бұрын

@@Askjeffwilliams okay

How long did the whole process take?

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

about a couple hours

Jeff, great video. Do you recommend that I wear my hog leg when I clean my gold ?

Always fun watching your videos. It would be better if you were eating a can of beans in the video.

i know this isn't about the video but will you be at the Tucson rock show?

Nice chunk! Lol! ⚒️⚖️💪🤠

Gawd these old ones are so,,,,,,, funny some times,,, just an old MSHA guy

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

thanks Old MSHA guy good times

@michaelanthony8780

5 ай бұрын

Old MSHA guys are a lot better than new MSHA guys. Older the better.

♥

Have you any new videos planned? Been a while since we saw some new content. Hope everything's ok.

@Askjeffwilliams

4 ай бұрын

we just released a new video on Sunday

Wearing all kinds of Good Safety Gear…… setting a good example

LIKE !!!!! 👍🙂 УДАЧИ !!!

hi jeff, do you think your cost to produce an ounce of gold is less then $1000?

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

yes

Hallo Mr..saya dari Indonesia,bisakah di terjemahkan dalam bahasa Indonesia

Can you get gold out of all pyrit????

@michaelanthony8780

5 ай бұрын

No

hammer chime

a kitty with no tail!

@Askjeffwilliams

5 ай бұрын

good eye

Also try Jason at Mount Baker Mining and Metals for more smelting tips and tricks,MBMM😊

Got some new toys

That takes a lot of work just for a tiny button

Well what about Black Gold… Texas Tea

Is that maybe $50 in gold for how many hours of work???

hi mr geologist .the actual melting point of gold isn t 2000° f but 2200°f ..any lower then 2200 gold isnt totally rendered molten .. and you will loose alot in the smelting process

Whaooooooo