Mine ore concentrator

Claim 1

An ore or particle concentrator comprising means forming an elongated generally cylindrical separating chamber containing a supply of liquid, a first elongated core centrally fixed in said chamber and charged with high frequency current so as to establish a generally radially, outwardly extending magnetic field in said liquid, a second elongated core of generally annular form positioned radially outwardly of said chamber and also charged with current so as to establish a generally inwardly extending magnetic field, ore or particle supply means positioned above said chamber and adapted to distribute material to be separated across the upper end of said chamber, the fields generated by said first and second cores coacting to move influenced metal components of the material radially outwardly toward the outer wall of the chamber, while relatively uninfluenced material particles continue axially down, and means to separately remove and collect both such components from the separating chamber.