these guys make peanuts compared to the actual miners. if the miners sell their waste to these guys, they have guaranteed instant income and they don't have to clear up their waste.
It's not worth the major mining companies time to process the waste, easier / another way to make money by selling it to local scrappers like these guys.
Why would they spend a couple of hundred of man hours to process waste, when given the same amount of time and effort they could instead mine even richer grounds with higher profit
Does anyone think that all these workers, some might pocket a flake or tiny nugget sometimes, just like a piece of lint in your pocket, then have a gold piggy bank at home till you fill it up, that'd be big money!
They probably would have if they only had a small amount to sift, but this is probably the quickest and efficient way for the amount they're working with!
Steve Skrobot you’d just put an electromagnet over the conveyor belt and feed it that way, especially if it’s “ruining” a device designed to wash baseball sized rocks and sand...
Heads up boys... If a mine or claim has not been in use or production that pays towards government percentages. If you strike a deal as a charity special for those that are working as part time over seas workers. In agriculture or hospitality.