This forum is for gold prospecting and mining anywhere. We have members world-wide
Moderator: chickenminer
-
Joe S (AK)
- Site Admin
- Posts: 220
- Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2019 2:44 am
- Location: Usually Lost between AK and ID
- Has thanked: 304 times
- Been thanked: 207 times
Post
by Joe S (AK) » Mon Feb 24, 2025 9:13 pm
I do not endorse nor criticize this product - I just want to put these found-on-youtube-videos on Dream Mat for others to see and hope that folks like you might share some mid winter thoughts on it.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... mat+sluice
Have you used it yourself?
Like it or not?
Heard good or bad things on it from others?
Got thoughts on it for your specific ground?
I've seen it at Mining Shows but never have used it myself.
Whada you think?

Inquirin' Minds Want To Know.
Joe
Determination, Tempered in the Heat of Stubbornness,
Really Gets Things Done!
-
Slatco
- Silver Miner
- Posts: 154
- Joined: Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:03 pm
- Has thanked: 69 times
- Been thanked: 154 times
Post
by Slatco » Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:46 pm
I know some guys use it for cleanups from their commercial ops and like it. Have not had the chance to try it myself.
-
chickenminer
- Site Admin
- Posts: 224
- Joined: Sat Sep 08, 2018 4:56 pm
- Been thanked: 298 times
Post
by chickenminer » Wed Feb 26, 2025 6:34 pm
One of my gripes with the standard Gold Cube is the loss of gold I experienced with anything over
16 mesh. I always screened to 20 mesh before running through the Cube and was always pleased, except for
the tedious job of cleaning out the gold filled trays!! That conveyor belting does not like letting go of fine gold!
Last summer I replaced the standard mats on two trays in the Cube with Dream Mat. I was impressed with the
recovery even using the Cube suggested feed of 8 mesh, something I would never do with the standard mats!
The Dream mats are staying in the Cube.
I have not used any of the Dream Mats in the main boxes of my washplant, only in my cleanup operation.
Just my 2 cents on the subject.
_______________________________________________________________________________
C.R. "Dick" Hammond
Stonehouse Mining
Chicken, Alaska
-
Geowizard
- Mega Miner
- Posts: 1372
- Joined: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:18 pm
- Has thanked: 566 times
- Been thanked: 461 times
Post
by Geowizard » Sun Mar 02, 2025 5:30 pm
My two bits worth,
I don't confuse commercial mining with recreational gimmicks. Time is money. I don't spend time fiddling with and "testing" all of the possible dream machines, dream mats etc. on my dime.
Life is too short and money is even shorter! Gold mining is a mature science at this point. Our forefathers found what worked,and went to work!
- Geowizard