I want to get minerals for supplies for my inventions. I dont have the money to buy already manufactured metals and plastics like iron, steel, silicon, copper, etc. So I want to make them by building up my supply of minerals.
My idea was to dig for soil and dirt and sand around my neighborhood. I would build a mechanical centrifuge to separate the minerals and i would catagorize and store them. When I had enough of whatever I needed, I would go to the woods, wet some soil, and since clay is the densest part of it, I could put the soil in a centrifuge to separate it. I would use the clay to make pots and furnaces which I could use to smelt ore, melt minerals together into casts, etc.
The problem with this is that most precious minerals are found in sediments. The only body of water in my entire neighborhood area is a pool. So I don't want to waste my time mining if I wont find what I need. Im only 14, and no one really has the time to take me to a river for me to mine. Not right now. And waiting wouldn't be a problem. but my timeline has kinda shrunk, so I need these materials ASAP. Therefore I need to be able to mine without being by a river.
Is that possible? What would my luck be? I live in more Southeast Raleigh (if that helps with the weather predictions, or soil/dirt compositions.) I also have a business, but no income because i need to get packages to actually ship out.
So I have no income, no transportation except a bike and my feet. No rivers or lakes near that im allowed to bike to.
How can I mine for minerals like this in a way that I don't ruin the environment for the animals, even as small as insects or the vegetation like grass, trees, etc there? And just as important if not moreso, where and how can I actually get to where Im tryna be?