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Gold Extraction

Gold Fire Assay Process

Table of ContentsMethod of Gold Fire Assay by Fusion or CrucibleGold Fire Assay ProcessFire Assaying Gold AlloysScorification of AlloysFire Assaying of AmalgamsFire Assaying Platinum Group ElementsPlatinum

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Laboratory Procedures

Roasting Arsenic & Antimony Ores

The difficulty of roasting arsenical and antimonial ores may be avoided by taking ore, 1 A.T. ; red lead, 1,000 grains; sodium carbonate, 500 grains;

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Gold Extraction

Fire Assay Flux & Litharge Composition

Table of ContentsAaron’s Fire Assay Flux FormulaBrown & Griffiths Fire Assay Flux RecipePercy’s Fire Assay Flux FormulaMitchell’s Fire Assay Flux Recipe: The following remarks on

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Laboratory Procedures

How to Calculate Gold in Fire Assay

Table of ContentsExamination of Assay MaterialsBest Position to Empty BalanceValue of the DivisionWeight of Parted Gold Calculating gold from your fire assay ends with reading

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Laboratory Procedures

Fire Assay Fusion

The object of the Fire Assay Fusion is to concentrate the precious metals in a button of lead, while the whole of the remainder of the

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The History of Grinding

Start following 911Metallurgy’s Linkedin page to get a free (my used) hardcopy of: The History of Grinding by Lynch & Rowland I will select a

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Gold Extraction

Gold Inquartation Process

The bead of silver and gold obtained by cupellation is squeezed between pliers, or flattened by a hammer on a clean anvil, to loosen the

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Laboratory Procedures

Gold Assay Methods

Table of ContentsAmalgamation AssayGold Assay by ChlorinationAssay Metallic Copper and Copper Matte for Gold & SilverFurnace MethodMixed Wet and Dry MethodGold Assay of Purple of CassiusAssay

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Laboratory Procedures

Scorification Assay

As stated above, the Scorification Assay process is especially applicable to (a) complex ores, (b) very rich ores, (c) ores which are mainly valuable for

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