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The principle of trammels are the same even for modern types The ore is passed through a rotating tube which has graded grids on them and then water is pumped over the ore under high pressure or more like a "raging torrent"
the fine graded ore pass over filter beds and the gold sinks to the bottom thick matts are often used as well as the grids some of the ore grids use vibration as well as the high pressure water - managed to get some early and late brochures from companies like Dove who make quite modern versions there are some early UTUBE versions of trammels in action and Dove have some superb photos of later versions
The early contraption I posted at the start is actually a mine head but its just the look of it that gave me inspiration. 

Amazing work. But how in the world were you able to come up with such incredible detail with only those few rustic photographs you posted at the beginning of your thread?

Stuart

Humbrol enamel Undercoat / primer coats on - now getting ready for a bit of colour what else "but green"
hope to achieve a reconditioned look in its early days but well looked after with a oily rag look 
Barney

Very Nice - its nice to see models in a well kept state and looked after but with some signs of wear and tear. I do like weathered models but a lot appear to be over the top and unliveable in the case of many model buildings - well that's my view - but saying all that Russ "most satisfactory"
Barney
Escaped from my corner and running loose in my back yard   

I'm with Chuck. Your model is well done.

Considering that Bodie is out in the middle of sagebrush and desert, anything that even looked remotely like a place of refuge was undoutedly a welcome rescue for the weary traveler.  Even a three bedroom "barn" with just a  few squeaky beds must have seemed inviting.

Stuart

Came out nice!

The model is 100% scratchbuilt. I scaled everything from the front wall's 8 inch board width and a dozen photos of the hotel I found online. Most of the model is basswood. The trim, doors, windows, and bay are .016-inch thick Strathmore Bristol Smooth, and the shingles inkjet printed .009-inch thick typing paper.

The stairs were a challenge to assemble without a jig. I built it to make sure everything fit properly before my friend assembled his kit. Surprisingly I had to recut only a few small parts.

As far as I could tell, the hotel only had three rooms and probably was no more comfortable than a barn. No wonder the next owner converted it to a saloon and the final owner turned it into a clothing store.

My friend's kit is still mostly pieces in a box. I wonder how it will look when he completes it.

Russ

I thought my last HO model, the little red and green freelance depot, would be my last. Then an old friend asked me to design and cut parts for an HO kit of the Swayze Hotel in the ghost town of Bodie, California. The idea was to create a model of the hotel as it probably looked between 1880-1890, before the rear wall lean-to addition and, of course, the boarded up windows. The color scheme is one of the most common from that era, including the unpainted side and rear walls.

I LOVE that thing. Most satisfactory! -- Russ

It is clever, beautiful, and perfect. In other words, most satisfactory. Next (since you mentioned it) model some beautiful girls in thong bikinis, each eager to cater to our every whim. -- Russ