Our company also “Mines” gravel. A “Drag Line” digs the Raw Product out of the water. After some of the water drains out a Loader carries the Raw Product to a “Hopper.” The Hopper has a Moving Belt that feeds another Belt that lifts the product to a “Shaker” with “Sized Screens” that sort the product into 3 sizes. Two sizes go on piles on the ground while the third goes into another Hopper, up another Belt and into another Shaker. This shaker has Sized Screens & many rows of “Spray Bars” that spray pressurized water on to the dirty gravel & “Wash” the “Dirt” away. From there we get two piles of Washed gravel and a pile of dirt. Here’s some pictures of what that looks like. Sorry, I don’t have pictures of the plant running.
Here are some pictures of the equipment that we use. Most of it is pretty big and one piece of equipment comes in on several trucks & then gets assembled on site.
More Equipment.