SILVER AND GOLD;

AN ACCOUNT OF

THE MINING AND METALLURGICAL INDUSTRY
OF THE UNITED STATES,

WITH REFERENCE CHIEFLY TO THE PRECIOUS METALS.

BY

ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, PH. D.,

=

COMMISSIONER OF MINING STATISTICS; PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS;
EDITOR OF THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL; AUTHOR OF "MINES OF THE WEST,"
"AMERICAN MINES AND MINING," "MINES, MILLS, AND FURNACES,"

ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK:

J. B. FORD AND COMPANY.
1873.

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Chapter X. The smelting of argentiferous lead ores in Nevada, Utah, and

Montana.....

XI. Economical results in the treatment of gold and silver ores by

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fusion

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XII. The amalgamation of gold ores

422

XIII. The amalgamation of silver ores in pans with the aid of chem-

icals....

427

XIV. The treatment of ores of native silver in Chihuahua...

434

XV. The reduction of silver ores in Chili......

439

XVI. The metallurgical value of the lignites of the West......

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XVII. The metallurgy of native sulphur....

PART III.-Miscellaneous:

Chapter XVIII. The mining law

XIX. American schools of mining and metallurgy

XX. The Burleigh drill....

XXI. Stapff's continuous jig

XXII. Wire rope transportation

XXIII. Electricity and rocks.......

APPENDIX. The bullion product, &c.....

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