What is the stir pan?

[Vagadero]

What is the stir pan and how does work?

[overtheedge]

Can't tell for sure with only one photo, but it appears to be a type of E-tank.

[Brian Berkhahn]

That looks interesting, do you have any more information on it?

[AK Nugget]

Looks like this is the Manufacturer. Maybe they're used to break up clay type material?

http://www.diamonddredges.com/Stir_pan.htm

Neal

[tvanwho]

They are used to stir up diamond bearing gravels. I've been to that place that makes them in south central Indiana ,Otter Creek Trading Company, and met the owner in person. He and his wife used to run a sawmill, sold everything to pursue his dream of diamond mining.His name is ....ummm... Dan ...Pohle, I think...? He invented and built all his own machines. His smallest dredge he showed us had 2 , 8 inch intake hoses, a sluice about 10-12 feet long and 4 foot wide, powered by a small diesel engine on large green metal floats. It was made more for diamond dredging in S America and African rivers. Cost 10 years ago was like $32,000 he told us. He told us his buyers show up with semis and all pay cash for their new toys.

-Tom V.

[DiamondHunter]

Savana Engineering-Stir Pan1.jpgSavana Engineering - Stir Pan2.jpgSavana Engineerin - Stir Pan 4.jpgSavana Engineering - Stir Pan 3.jpgSavana Engineering - Stir Pan 5.jpgI'll chime in here. We have built a number of stir pans. Essentially its a simplified concentrator. The whole pan is usually 16' in diameter. Centered in the middle of the pan you have a rotating base with arms outstretching. Attached to the arms are "rakes" or spikes that face towards the bottom of the pan. As the material enters the pan it gets broken up by the revolving arms with the rakes. Lighter material moves either to the inside or outside (depending on what you prefer) and exits the unit for final recovery. The South Africans are our biggest clients and use them extensively. Believe it or not is was an American gold miner who brought the technology to Kimberley when the diamond rush hit.