This is a copy of a received email in 2012 from a Mechanical Engineer Named Earl

FW: My experience with the SideWinder Sluice (No subject)
Ed Eckley
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Thu 10/11/2012, 6:22 PM
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From: Earl Young [eyoung429@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:29 PM
To: Ed Eckley
Subject: My experience with the SideWinder Sluice
 
First off, I am a novice..I contacted Ed and Sharon as I was looking
for a sluice to start doing some prospecting with.   When I met them,
my aresenol of prospecting tools were a single pan I got from the GPA
, garden trowel, snuffer bottle and that was it.  Was able to join
them on a Saturday outing to a local creek bed.  I purchased my sluice
with no powdercoating as I am not picky on finishes and not concerned
with it being pretty, albeit they coated it nicely and I was able to
get both ribbed carpet and finer carpet with expanded steel over the
top of it.  First blush was that I have a degree in mechanical
engineering and found the unit to be very well built.  The handle is
able to be replaced or repaired quickly if need be, the studs holding
the carpet and expanded metal can be replaced if rusted or damaged.
The flare is also able to be removed if I wanted to add a crash box or
extend the unit with another.
 
Setup of the sluice took maybe all of 2 minutes.  Once I cleared out a
spot and set the sluice down, the ramped flare helped settle the unit
quickly and started flowing immediately.  The material that I started
running through was classified at approx 1 inch and when put to the
sluice ramp, the lighter materials were swept away and the heaviers
started moving to the outside of the bends where you could actually
see the material being "rolled" while the lighters kept moving on.
Within minutes I was watching a couple of small flakes of gold moving
toward the 1st bend where it settled immediately under the black sands
that were collecting.
 
Ran through about  5 pans worth of material and called it quits for
the day as our water supply dwindled to the point where we couldn't
get enought through to wet our whistles.
 
Cleanup was very quick and took maybe all of 5 minutes.  I ended up
with approximately 1 cup of concentrates.
 
Took everything home and was trying to figure out a way to do my
concentrates when I remembered an articulating ladder I had that my
wife bought and I think I have used it maybe 1 time in the past say 5
years.
 
Found that the sluice fits nicely and is held in place by the
flare..was able to get a decent slope on it.  I took out the carpet
and expanded metal and fit a hose across the flare.  Was able to use
the sluice without anything other than the ribbed mat and after 2hrs
of running back and forth and getting the water to flow nice and
smoothly (remember...I have only what I have seen on the web) to be
able to process my concentrates.
 
I cannot wait to get back out again this weekend.  I am having a blast
as I am learning more about how to set it up and hopefully will have
some really good water flow.
 
Thank you again Ed and Sharon !!!
Excellent product and sure as hell aint made cheaply like most
disposable crap nowadays!!!! 

This is a copy of a received email in 2012



Re: Dredging (No subject)
larry middleton <larrym.alluneed@gmail.com>
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Mon 8/6/2012, 2:22 PM
Ed Eckley
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You replied on 8/11/2012 7:25 AM.
Yes we did, I like the results so far. Seperating concentrates this
week, we saw alot more gold than we have before from the same spot. very
excited, took photo'd then dropped camera into the creek.I like the
system alot, will keep you updated o n our results. Had lots f people on
sunday stopping to look at the sluice. We brought home 10x's the amount
of concentrates than we have before, and looks like we did catch alot
more gold of all sizes, some pretty big pieces also.


 
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Ed Eckley <ed@sidewindersluice.com
<mailto:ed@sidewindersluice.com>> wrote:

    Hi Larry
     
    Sharon and I tried to catch you up at clear creek on Saturday, but
    we didn't find you guys.
    We were up there around 11:00 or so.......
     
    Then today, (Sunday), we had to go down to Pueblo to do some grocery
    shopping for the folks.
     
    Have you guys had the chance to go out and catch some flour Gold?
     
    Please let us know how your doing!
     
    Take Care
     
    Ed & Sharon




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 A Government Big Enough to Give You Everything You WANT, IS STRONG
ENOUGH TO TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!!!!!!!!!
 Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826

Here is a copy of a received email from Dave Peterson (the creator of the "Dream Mat")This was back in 2013

 
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From: efficientdave@hotmail.com
To: sharon@sidewindersluice.com; ed@sidewindersluice.com
Subject: RE: NEW VORTEX SLUICE DESIGN
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:25:04 -0600

Remember Me?
 
Khrysos Vortex Sluice Box Sneek Peek
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8meVC7PuyA <https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=w8meVC7PuyA>
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8meVC7PuyA <https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=w8meVC7PuyA>
 
Mt Dave
 

 
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From: sharon@sidewindersluice.com
To: efficientdave@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:04:24 -0500
Subject: RE: NEW VORTEX SLUICE DESIGN

Hello David
Thank you for contacting us regarding Vortex Technology.
We are not interested in mergers or trade secret sharing at this point
because we have many
variations of vortex induction sluices, Filed and dated prototypes in
existance.
 
We have several models of Sidewinder Highbankers and Dredges that have
proven capable of
handling volumes of material exceding 2 cubic yards per hour, across a
3/16 grizzly, and the capture
rate of fine Gold, (Minus 100 mesh), is still above 80%.........Keep in
mind: That is basically impossible
to accomplish with any other 6ft sluice in existance..........We have
multiple chambered Lady Luck
models that can handle unlimited amounts of feed, (based on size and
water volume & velocity).
We fully understand the stirring and layering process of Vertical
Vortex, because after all: We Created
the very first known prototypes, and we have been testing them for over
2 years now!
 
We are not sure how you got a hold of 2 Sidewinder Sluices in Montana,
because we have recently sold several dozen River Model sluices, but
none of them have been shipped to Montana. Perhaps you built them
yourself, and that is fine as long as you do not sell or distribute!
 
We pioneered the concept and the numerous variations are intellectual
property filed May 2010.
If you have conceptual plans pre-dating this, you may be able to proceed
with your design and we
wish you luck, however, we are not authorizing any copying or
reproduction of our Vertical Vortex
Induction Technology without a written, contractural agreement.
 
 
Thank you for understanding.
Respectfully
Ed Eckley       Sidewinder Sluice LLC  Golden  Colorado
 
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*From:* David Peterson [efficientdave@hotmail.com]
*Sent:* Saturday, October 27, 2012 3:58 PM
*To:* Ed Eckley; Sharon
*Subject:* NEW VORTEX SLUICE DESIGN


 
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Sidewinder Sluice,

 

I recently ran a set of sidewinder sluices w/ a DV sluice in the middle
daisy chained together on a creek in Mt. I had a large pan on the end
just to see how much heavy’s I was losing. Basically was the cat’s meow.
The DV sluice was just a nugget catch cause the water was running very
fast & I was prescreening the material. I even caught a pile of mercury.
I moved about a ¾ yrd in less than 6 hrs next to some bed rock.

 

I since then have been thinking. The restricting factor was the feed
rate on the sidewinder sluice. I could have moved 3x more if the
prescreening process was not on top a 5 gal bucket & slow feed rate as
to not overload the sluice (shovelful’s would be nicer than handfulls).

 

I will be building this proto type this winter in the shop. It is not a
spin off or size up of the sidewinder. But is vortex driven. I estimate
it can process so much material that a person could feed it in a
hydraulicing setup & it would keep up. But since hydraulicing is out
lawed & unethical , well keep it sized for the sluice box/dredge world
application. Imagine the same results as the side winder, lose no
heavy’s, but be able to feed all your material up to a 4” diameter
dredge w/ no fiddling w/ screens or cloths, no emptying until your done
each day or it overfills w/ heavy’s.

 

We should sign an NDA & work out something that makes us both happy. I
think this could be a great addition to your vortex familt for the clain
owners & beach combers in alaska.

 

David Peterson