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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
How do you get gold out of your rocks?
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<blockquote data-quote="jethro" data-source="post: 502375" data-attributes="member: 1297"><p>Messing with mercury is not to be done by beginners. :argh: One sniff can ruin your whole day. :skull: <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />oop: I keep my hardrock pan concentrates and roast :fire: (about a tablespoon at a time ) to convert any sulphides to oxides. When ive got enough Ill direct smelt using a flux and collector metal such as lead and then cupel the resulting button to remove the lead base metals from platinium group metals. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />layful: Google gold refining and read all you can before messing with mercury/ nitric acid etc. Safety firststs :idea: :bomb:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jethro, post: 502375, member: 1297"] Messing with mercury is not to be done by beginners. :argh: One sniff can ruin your whole day. :skull: :poop: I keep my hardrock pan concentrates and roast :fire: (about a tablespoon at a time ) to convert any sulphides to oxides. When ive got enough Ill direct smelt using a flux and collector metal such as lead and then cupel the resulting button to remove the lead base metals from platinium group metals. :playful: Google gold refining and read all you can before messing with mercury/ nitric acid etc. Safety firststs :idea: :bomb: [/QUOTE]
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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
How do you get gold out of your rocks?
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