The Gold Mine near Geumpang, Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia
Preparing to leave for the gold mines
Loading gasoline containers
The crew, ready to leave. Nasrul is in the center back, wearing a black hat
Log bridge
Looking at the road ahead from the passenger seat (which is on the left in Indonesia)
A picture is worth a thousand words....
Now the road turns to a plank walking path
Wide planks on walking path
Nasrul's first vat, built last year near Guempang, now idle waiting on sludge to build up at other mining camp
Vat at the mining camp, with bags of sludge awaiting processing
Loading the vat with sludge
Sludge becomes slurry
Using a screen to filter the slurry
The slurry drains from the mixer and filter to the pump which pushes the slurry up and into the tank. Note small tube on left that carries the compressed air up and over the top to the bottom of the vat.
View from the top of slurry in the vat
Generator for power and compressed air
Clumps of carbon, gold, silver in the barrel to be burned with sulfuric acid
Vat is drained through a screen and the clumps of carbon, gold, silver are filtered out and put in the barrel to be burned with sulfuric acid
Preparing to leave for the gold mines
Loading gasoline containers
The crew, ready to leave. Nasrul is in the center back, wearing a black hat
Log bridge
Looking at the road ahead from the passenger seat (which is on the left in Indonesia)
A picture is worth a thousand words....
Now the road turns to a plank walking path
Wide planks on walking path
Nasrul's first vat, built last year near Guempang, now idle waiting on sludge to build up at other mining camp
Vat at the mining camp, with bags of sludge awaiting processing
Loading the vat with sludge
Sludge becomes slurry
Using a screen to filter the slurry
The slurry drains from the mixer and filter to the pump which pushes the slurry up and into the tank. Note small tube on left that carries the compressed air up and over the top to the bottom of the vat.
View from the top of slurry in the vat
Generator for power and compressed air
Clumps of carbon, gold, silver in the barrel to be burned with sulfuric acid
Vat is drained through a screen and the clumps of carbon, gold, silver are filtered out and put in the barrel to be burned with sulfuric acid