| CPC B03B 5/04 (2013.01) [B03B 5/34 (2013.01); B03B 9/00 (2013.01); B08B 3/02 (2013.01); B08B 3/042 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |

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1. A method of washing aggregate material, the method comprising:
receiving aggregate material in a tank;
receiving water in said tank;
by at least a rear wall of said tank, retaining said aggregate material and said water in a rearward portion of said tank and preventing said water and said aggregate material from overflowing said rear wall;
agitating said aggregate material and said water to form a slurry;
advancing said slurry to a tank outlet in a forward portion of said tank;
depositing said slurry through said tank outlet;
receiving said slurry on a vibrating screen;
vibrating said vibrating screen;
moving said slurry across at least a portion of said vibrating screen;
allowing an undersize portion of said slurry to fall through said vibrating screen;
pumping at least a fraction of said undersize portion to a hydrocyclone;
by said hydrocyclone, separating said fraction of said undersize portion into an underflow fraction and an overflow fraction;
receiving said underflow fraction on said vibrating screen; and
passing product from said vibrating screen.
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