Simple Methods of Gold Purification

Table of ContentsRefining of Gold Obtained by Other Processes (Amalgamated Gold)Pan AmalgamationCopper Plate AmalgamationPurifying MercuryPurifying AmalgamRefining Retorted Gold The purification of such alluvial gold alloys is

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Proportion
Flotation

Froth Science

The little book on ‘Surface Tension and Surface Energy’ by Willows & Hatschek shows how the elastic film analogy in the study of froth will

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orebody dimension mining methods
Geology

Mining Methods

Table of ContentsORE OCCURRENCEOREBODIESMINING METHODSOpen Pit MiningOpen Stoping and FillingUnderhand StopingShrinkage StopingSquare Set and FillSub-Level CavingRill StopingTop SlicingPanel SlicingDrilling and BlastingTimber and Timbering The mines and

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Merrill-Crowe Process Plant
Equipment

Merrill Crowe Process & Equipment

Table of ContentsTypes of Equipment Used in the Merrill-Crowe ProcessFILTER PRESS TYPE Merrill-Crowe SystemBAG FILTER TYPE Merrill-Crowe SystemVACUUM LEAF TYPE Merrill Crowe SystemZinc Dust Precipitant in Merrill CroweZinc Precipitation

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Apparatus
Flotation

How Froth Flotation was Discovered and Developed

Table of ContentsPRELIMINARY TESTCATTERMOLE OR GRANULATION PROCESSERECTION OF LARGE PLANTDISCOVERY OF THE FROTHING PROCESSFROM GRANULATION TO FLOTATIONEXTENSION OF PLANTMINERALS SEPARATION PLANTRESULTS OBTAINED While concentrating the

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Results of Lead Determination
Laboratory Procedures

Wet Lead Assay Method

For a number of years I have used for the commercial wet assay of lead generally the ammonium molybdate, and occasionally the ferrocyanide method. These

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Comparison of Scorification
Laboratory Procedures

Silver Sulphide Assaying

There has been considerable discussion of late as to the best assay method for determining the silver-contents of sulphides of silver resulting from the leaching of

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