I Turned Iron Pyrite into PURE GOLD

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[@Askjeffwilliams]

Have you ever worked with Sulfide ore and do you have a better way to get the Gold out of it. For more vids on getting Gold from Refractory ore watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXLUepuCZ8x9pKM and smash that like button ....SMASH it HARD !!!!!!

[@KnowlesFamilyGarage]

Looks like a good trick for sure to get your sulfides. I have some big chunks of ore that have lots of pyrite in them. What do you think about roasting them before hand so they crush easier?

[@KnowlesFamilyGarage]

Sorry I was multi tasking. I was wondering about roasting before crushing to soften the material. Is it a good idea?

[@timwilliams7304]

I use a 55-gallon drum lid and when it gets glowing red I start sprinkling it on it and it almost instantly vaporizes it

[@Askjeffwilliams]

@@KnowlesFamilyGarage yes ...roasting quartz and then soaking them in water always soften them up

[@KnowlesFamilyGarage]

@@Askjeffwilliams Thanx Jeff. I think I will give it a go and see what results I get.

[@eltipo7388]

more than 10 years subscribed and you still rocking it man very good info we need more jeffs in this planet

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@bryanchannell7715]

Hell yeah

[@stefaniecian]

When you say, "Hi everybody! It's your FAVORITE gold miner, prospector AND GEOLOGIST...," you are correct! You are my FAVORITE!!! I enjoy your videos more than any other source. When it comes to learning about gold, you are my #1 choice. Your videos are always on-point and on time! Today's video was exactly what I was wanting to see! I enjoy your humor, format and most of all your knowledge. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE! ...and your time! YOU ARE TRULY AN AMAZING, HARD-WORKING, GENEROUS PERSON! I look forward to meeting you!!! Thank you for ALL that you do!!! I appreciate YOU, Jeff Williams!!!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks..... we always love to hear that ....much appreciated

[@ChAirBorneRanger]

Nameste

[@baronblahblah2396]

Thanks for the zoom In feature, it’s pretty cool to see those gold in the sulphides under magnification ✌️

[@lundgrenbronzestudios]

You sure are a fun educator.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@ottovandenberg6845]

Hi Jeff, great video! just one small remark, Iron pyrite doesn't have one iron and one sulfur molecule in it... It has two sulfur for every iron molecule.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks and was thinking of Pyrrhotite

[@hashemameli3666]

Hey Jeff Williams. Hello, I'm very happy to see you again. To separate the gold from the pyrite, I powdered the pyrite soil and put it in the microwave. And the gold and iron left in the box. And you are the best teacher who can separate gold from iron. i love you Hashem

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks Hashem

[@cdmdfmtube]

Your lessons are very helpful. Lord knows we need them.

[@jimmyz003]

Another great video Jeff. Its the first time in a week something cleared my mind, we got hammered by Helene and now by Wed we are getting another hurricane. It might be time I head back out to AZ its not looking good here.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks and yes come on back to AZ ....that where the Gold is waiting

[@michaelgillespie1206]

I read something about this years ago in an old book, that article said something about soaking your sulphides in vinegar, causing the iron to rust, then when you roast, more gold particles are released. Oh, it seems it mentioned something about salt too, this would form a chloride and free up more gold, I surely don't know the chemistry.

[@johnglasgow4176]

This is one I've been wanting to see thanks Jeff

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha John

[@nerdwerx2292]

Love the show and this type of content..The voice over inserts edits are the best!😂

[@johnjacobs1625]

Always Having fun learning!! Thx Jeff!

[@derekseiders3597]

Great video Jeff I always learn something new

[@SpartanONegative]

Hotdog you are reading my mind Jeff ⛏️🤠 Thank you for making this video. God Bless 🙏

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we knew you would like this one

[@kaelhooten8468]

Hey Jeff- come up to Michigan and do a series about the copper and iron mines in the UP. You could do at least half a dozen episodes and the old mines up there are very very interesting.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

its on the list

[@DragonsAuprospecting]

Thank You Jeff for all the great information you give us every week . I was also starting to think that you were going starting to come up with a new holiday song.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

working on it ...... the Geologists are coming

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

Where I live, there ain't any known gold deposits, but there are some really good silver deposits.

[@Highplainsprospectors]

Love this video like all of them. This one was particularly interesting!

[@inannashu689]

You are amazing for teaching and sharing,thanks so much!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

You are so welcome!

[@shineyrocks390]

Thank you Jeff

[@patrickboos1919]

Thank you for the information , I never miss a video .

[@leonardocartagena4928]

Hi Jeff thanks for sharing with us your knowledge.keep going with your passion and your good energy !!Cheers to you from Australia.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

you betcha my brother ....Cheers mate

[@allansgoldmining]

Wow ! From fool's gold to real gold made easy ! This is an excellent video ! With the right equipment, it's really not so hard to do. Thanks for show us Brother !! Again, we smashed that LIKE button real hard !!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks my brother ..... really appreciate that

[@jonwashington6440]

Dr. Jeff, you are my favorite gold geologist in the whole world. 😅

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks Jon

[@steventhunderhawk]

that cooked sulfides looks just like the material my company uses for stripping concrete stains / paint , now im gonna be looking in the sand bags lol

[@MinerMaGold]

Thanks Jeff this will help us!

[@weedman6990]

& yeah, you're gonna get wet

[@Trucker-Belly]

I didnt know you liked to get wet!😂

[@american7169]

That's what she said...😂

[@yumijohnson5788]

Jeff has the best videos. He’s super smart, informative and so quirky, I love him. It’s too bad you can’t really Ask Jeff Williams any questions. 😂

[@Ethan-xm4fv]

They call me the pyrite kid and I do need some science lessons. Great video. Ones never think gold is in some pyrite but it can surprise you as I see.

[@Raubgraeber]

Jeff, get the small XP pan for washing, it has special ridges for that

[@justice2827]

Conner is here!!! Your a baller Dude!!!

[@hollynoelleAbductedUfologist]

I remember seeing Jeffs videos and being delighted with his humor and excitement with his skeleton friend. Excellent.

[@TimothyNorfolk]

You never cease to amaze me Jeff awesome video buddy ❤

[@weekendwarriorprospecting817]

I always thought that they were 2 completely different materials. The hammer test must have thrown me off 😂

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Awesome video Jeff. Very interesting .

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Thanks 👍

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

@@Askjeffwilliams your welcome. You are a fantastic teacher. I've learnt so much from you.

[@jimmime]

C'mon, let's go make some GOLD, from iron pyrite with Jeff! Always great information, and entertainment from, Jeff Williams!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Thanks Jimmi jam

[@rickjohnson6559]

You are the most educated person i have encountered. I personaly knew the lab engineer at pegasus. That a CIL open pit 28 miles north of snowville utah. Its in idaho in black pine mountain. I learned alot from. Him. Again my mother was so afraid id get hooked like grandpa. Her dad buried in pioche. He showed me snake river gold. Just a fun old timer. But think its fools gold. All my life we laighed at fools gold. You use science to separate the gold. Only a fool thinks its gold. Yet it is!!!!!! Amazing jeff your the best.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Thanks Rick ....much appreciated my brother ......

[@24KGOLDRECOVERY]

Excellent video bro

[@augustuswetzel]

“Come ON, LETSS GOOO!” See you in the next video! Thanks again !

[@Askjeffwilliams]

You bet!

[@sfbfriend]

Hey Jeff, were the shiny silver pieces a Telluride? Fun stuff Jeff. Thanks a Kilo

[@anthonymalliris2089]

Hey Jeff, you should show the different types of pyrite. There are different types. In Idaho there are 4 different types. Some don't know all the different types

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes but we want to show the basics first

[@loyalkuhn5778]

Yes, we do need the geology / chemistry lesson !!! Can you roast the sulphides first?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes ...but more efficient when in a powered form ....you can add table salt to it to speed up the reaction

[@edwardgarcia614]

Nothing like good ol' backyard gold mining. lol Thanks for sharing Lila and Jeff. ;o)

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@uwillnevahno6837]

9:51 this graphic seems *EXTREMELY* important

[@123spleege]

uh......yes we do need a science lesson!!! keep it up Jeff!!! I love the geology. And the metal is back!!!!! Malmsteen would be proud!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks we will ..... “Rising Force” my brother

[@dawnac6453]

Hi again Jeff? What about mica along with Galena? I use a bucket mini miller table that i got from Rhetta quite some time ago. She said Darren used to use it. But what it does is seperate the microscopic stuff out. It doesnt actually have riffles in it but just a rubber mat in it with tiny bumps all over the mat u can hardly see or feel. Also i get all that grey rock (schist) out of my mine but when i roast it it turns that dark red like u showed.

[@paulsmith1411]

Great to know sulfur and iron makes pyrite

[@gardiloo]

Your science lessons are bomb, I’d actually be a bit saddened if you didn’t have at least one in your videos.

[@clint81]

I like when the kitty's used to come out to the backyard and help you.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

they still do

[@LazyLlamaDrama]

Jeff, come to East Tennessee and help me find the Gold, then we go back to my property in kingman and see what’s out there 👀

[@EvanGrunwald-x2r]

Love you brother, just the vid i was looking for.... My newest idea: gold pan lid with a water sceeen seem, you put a lid on your gold pan: and the seem is sealed by a fine screen so you can agitate hard and fast without loosing your gold! Am i on to something brother?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks , really glad you liked it

[@idigdaytona4478]

I always heard it as " gold rides an iron horse." Never heard the hat version .

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes Gold rides an iron horse means that you can find Gold associated with iron

[@MinerMaGold]

I’m now a Jeff Williams patron subscriber! Whooo hoo! Can’t wait for the giveaway ❤️

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thats great ...welcome aboard my brother ....we are having a giveaway today so get ready

[@MinerMaGold]

@@Askjeffwilliams I have been excited about this all day! Yay!

[@John-gd7vf]

Great video.wish I saw this 10 years ago.

[@TheZabbiemaster]

'too much science' ? bro no give me all the science! chemistry baby!!!

[@rh5563]

Looks like you had some ground movement near the wall in your backyard, Jeff.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

it mut have been from Taco Tuesday hahahhaahaa

[@gibbystreasures8292]

Kool finds brother. Rite on.

[@matter3232]

Back to normal 😅 one of your good videos,thxxx

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks😁

[@AlchemyOfTheFourthKind]

Awesome. Where's the pyrite at now?! 😂jk, thanks, boss.

[@Emprivan]

I have a golfball sized blob of sulfides, suposedly from a filled in anciant wash some where in CA desert, some old guy gave it to me like 35 years ago. He would use a 30gal oil drum, put his ground up stuff in it. Put at an angle so it wouldn't fall out the drum spins over a big propane torch. Was like 2 weed dragons for the burnners. Once the can was hot he would run it like 1 hour and then would dump it all into water. Dry it in the sun, put it back into the spinning drum and dump an ounce of mercury in with it and spin overnight. Then he slowly dump it over a charged copper plate and the mercury would stick. Then he would do the vaporizer thing get his mercury back. He was pretty gunho guy, lol, he would hold up his flask full of gunk " this here is gold" and his buddy would always say, "we would get more money from recycling catylitic converters for platnium" He was all about that getting gold from pyrites in that soft decomposing granites. :}

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thats a great story and thanks for sharing it with us ... good times

[@billdgen116]

Thank you my friend for sharing another amazing video be safe brother

[@Famo59]

Yeeee Haaaa…!!! I have a better suggestion Jeff.. I will get the cows 🐄 to eat a sack full of crushed Pyrite.. with there grain feed…!!! once they process the ore..!!! All I have to do is pick the waste material and PAN IT OUT.!!!!! LOL 😂 I AM glad you showed what can be done with minerals that you think 🤔 has No Gold in it..!!! Thanks Brother.. Say hi to Lila.. And Yes..!! I am resting..! Cheers Famo59 Tony. P. S I am in the process of editing videos from my last Gold trip.. So hopefully 🤞 upload a video soon.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

TONY !!!!! How the heck are ya my brother .... thats sounds great ..... glad to hear you are resting ....don't over do it because you have to take us to the great outback to get them 5 ounce sunbakers mate ..... can't wait to see them and keep us posted ...Cheers mate

[@dimorvanerkel2025]

Sunny gym thats great man greetings from the Netherlands Jeff

[@Askjeffwilliams]

greeting my brother from the North

[@rickeyboatright6237]

I have been watching you for a long time. I just came back from a mountain camping church trip. I came back with about 45 lbs of quartz seam with sulpher, pirite, and a lot of grey black powder in it. Some white powder too. I have tried to pan with no results. I spilled a touch of nitric on it and it madly fizzed. I put a small sample in hcl. It reacted and turned yellow. The quartz and lighter colered material became very chalky soft over night in the hcl. I dont know what to do. I am a very newby. I will go to this area for morechurch trips at the end of every september. There are 2 gold mines in the area.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

be safe with that acids and ...try gravitational separation first ....crush ....screen pan and inspect

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[@OffWidthCrack]

Looks like a backyard in Vegas. Right off of Tropicana

[@Jason43brandon]

Actually I'm happy to listen to the science jeff..

[@Silalahi-e8x]

Great video👍

[@guideyellowstone]

Jeff i did a tour in Yellowstone today and i kept yelling "well c'mon, let's gooo"

[@Askjeffwilliams]

its catchy huh

[@SCW1060]

I think I'd like to send it in because I'd get into trouble doing this in my apartment LOL

[@user-ud2ij7ro5c]

Thanks Jeff, i’m smarter every time. Fools gold, sulfides, magnetics and crush!! That moon io maybe?

[@kb3svj]

Being from Pennsylvania, I find you content fascinating. I have a question bat the end. I recall reading a news article years ago about some gold being a n the Allegheny River due to glacial movements several thousand years ago. This river has been dredged for sand for decades, though less in recent years. It's the sand, I think that contained some gold. But the river issue aside, of that little sample you picked out, what is it worth vs. the Man hours and other expenses. I guess, if you had to break it down into $$$ per hour are you looking at like $5, $10, $15 PER hour ?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

iy just proves proof of concept ...you would need to process a lot for it to be profitable

[@kb3svj]

@@Askjeffwilliams well on a good note, maybe one could get enough to make a good tooth filling.

[@joqerjoe3716]

You and Slim eating all them beans and boiled eggs and then blame the sulfides for that smell. I'm gonna start using that one, too.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

hahhahhahaa

[@ShellyWutke604]

Very cool !

[@richardwatts]

When I was a kid they dumped some limestone I thought but it was full of pyrite nuggets we thought we was rich until they said it was fools gold 😢

[@RustyDodge-g3y]

Don't stop the science lessons. The more the better

[@2HighNoon]

Give me that education Jeff, ya let's go!

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good morning SWM

[@NexVoidGaming]

I'll have you know I come for the science lessons...

[@motorbikemadness5773]

So at the 21 mile marker at Quartzville creek there are a lot of reddish rocks along the hillside across the road from the Quartzville creek. Is that where I should sample pan?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes

[@motorbikemadness5773]

@@Askjeffwilliams Thank you Jeff!

[@HQinternet]

so cmon! lets GOOOLD!!!

[@michaelstrauss6587]

....crazy informative....

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@stephenfowler4115]

Iron pyrite is FeS2. Ratio of sulfur to iron is 2 to 1.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

pyrrhotite

[@asone6152]

Awsome imagine flying in that..😂

[@alexkaring]

What type of respirator do you recommend for protection against the arsenic fumes?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we use a 3M 6000 series with 3M 60923 - P100 NIOSH Filter

[@teamsignal17]

I would one day like to know how many ounces of gold is scattered around the dirt in Jeff's backyard🤔

[@mwebb-01]

Man you sure need the quanity of material to make it worth something. Great for learning. I didnt know pyrite had an atom of gold in it.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

yes you do and Pyrite " can " have an atom of Gold with it but not always

[@csomosss]

Hi Jeff! What sort of filter do I need in my mask to be safe around sulfide roasting or even lead cupelling?

[@Askjeffwilliams]

we use a 3M 6000 series mask with 3M 60923 - P100 NIOSH Filter

[@csomosss]

@@Askjeffwilliams thank you, legend! C'mon, let's go!

[@GlennHird-gb4ug]

SO COME ON LETS GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelpass2176]

You don’t mention bring science major!😂

[@deanweber4370]

you didn't do the Williams Wiggle 1 time , I read somewhere doing the Williams Wiggle you get twice as much gold, a gift from the Universe ,God Bless All, Be Safe

[@Askjeffwilliams]

your right ....gotta go back and do that

[@josephdelp87]

How about burning the sulfer off. Like frying potatoes in a red hot pan.

[@mirkopg69]

Practically I'm parking my car everyday in a mine gold area😅

[@waynehostetler6953]

Great video

[@Askjeffwilliams]

Thanks!

[@woonsockettruthseeker9009]

Rhode Island police officer loves watching Jeff's videos

[@Askjeffwilliams]

thanks

[@ashotkk1]

Hi Jeff. Wouldn't it be easier to work with acids and get all the gold out.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

no ... smelting is the easiest way

[@John-gd7vf]

Morning guys

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good morning John

[@johnramirez5032]

Yeah good morning john! And Yeah your gonna get wet. Oh good morning jeff and Lila!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

@@johnramirez5032 hahhahahahahaha Morning my brother

[@johnramirez5032]

@@Askjeffwilliams good morning Jeff! Im a dreamer not a doer it seem. You Sir are dream chaser doer.! Very inspirational too !

[@michaelchase418]

Jeff looks like he's breathed in a few sulfides in his day.

[@Khusringoldminers]

Very good