Special Gold Separating Method in Mining

Special Gold Separating Method in Mining

Hangzhou, China (prHWY.com) May 26, 2012 - To separate the gold from the ore collected by the diggers in the mine tunnel, ore first had to be crushed by a series of hammer crusher in the stamper head. In really successful mining it is in the last degree important that the mode of extraction of metals in the most scientific manner should be thoroughly understood, but as a general rule the science of metallurgy is but very superficially grasped even by those whose special business it is to treat ore bodies in order to extract their metalliferous contents, and whether in quartz crushing mill, lixiviating, or smelting works there is much left to be desired in the method of treating our ores.

The crushed ore was then washed over copper plates that had been treated with cyanide and tinned with 'quick-silver' (mercury). Mercury has a chemical affinity to gold, hence catches it. The resulting putty like mixture was then scraped off the copper plate placed into a crucible and heated to evaporate the mercury until only the gold remained. Sometimes retorts were placed over the crucible to recycle the toxic mercury and cyanide.

This method of extraction was used for many years although it was generally accepted that it was only 60% effective. The extraction of gold from the soil is an industry so old that its first introduction is lost in the mist of ages. As before stated, gold is one of the most widely disseminated of the metals, and man, as soon as he had risen from the lowest forms of savagery, began to be attracted by the kingly metal, which he found to be easily fashioned into articles of ornament and use, and to be practically non-corrodible.dryer machine:http://www.hx-crusher.com/
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This 10 head stamper was originally manufactured by Thompson & Co. of Castlemaine, probably from English pig iron that was used as ballast by ships. The stamper was first used in the Victorian Goldfields. It was used during the Araluen gold rush then dismantled and rebuilt at Old Mogo Town by Tom Dunne of H Dunne & Sons Mining Engineers. The stamper heads are now maintained with the help of volunteer engineers and Walters Maintenance of Goulburn NSW. Many such ore impact crushers can still be found discarded at the old gold mine sites out in the Australian forests. There are very few 10 head stampers still in working order. In order to preserve the machinery, the stamper heads now thump onto rubber matting, rather than onto quartz rock.

Much more work can be done with this appliance than with the cradle, which it superseded. Of course, the gold must be coarse and water plentiful. Parts of our mining display have been generously donated by the Department of Mines from Bimbimbie Mine after its recent closure. Working at the gold ore crusher was not a good career choice because the high noise level tended to cause deafness. Lung diseases caused by the cyanide and mercury were quite common. Mercury also caused mental illness, in the same way as the felting industry, where manufacturers of felt hats often went 'Mad as a Hatter.'

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