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Gold free of quartz matrix. Mined 15 miles NE of Zwedru, Grand Gedhe County, Liberia. Obtained by Simon & Linda Smith 1983Getting Gold TitleGold panned from the Suisgill Burn, Strath of Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland. RGCurry 1977/8

This on-line book (orig. pub. 1898) will be of great interest to those given to auriferous endeavours. A few interesting topics from the book, with other gold related subjects (e.g. fulminating gold).

PREFACE

CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II
GOLD PROSPECTING--ALLUVIAL AND GENERAL

CHAPTER III
LODE OR REEF PROSPECTING

CHAPTER IV
THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD--AURIFEROUS LODES

CHAPTER V
THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD--AURIFEROUS DRIFTS

CHAPTER VI
GOLD EXTRACTION

CHAPTER VII
GOLD EXTRACTION--SECONDARY PROCESSES AND LIXIVIATION

CHAPTER VIII
CALCINATION OR ROASTING OF ORES

CHAPTER IX
MOTOR POWER AND ITS TRANSMISSION

CHAPTER X
COMPANY FORMATION AND OPERATIONS

CHAPTER XI
RULES OF THUMB

CHAPTER XII
RULES OF THUMB
MINING APPLIANCES AND METHODS

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