History of Nevada; . d slowly around in the circle, bringing everyparticle of quartz to a condition of ])a8to. Thecharge is from 300 or 400 pounds up to a ton,according to the size of the concern. Enough watershould be used to make a rather paste-like hastypudding or meal mush, which it much resembleswhen it is done or ground fine enough. Too muchwater would wash the fine particles of the ores out,and too little would prevent them from settling tothe bottom or into the clay seams, where, if theprocess is well done the gold and silver is foundmixed with the quicksilver at the end of the process
History of Nevada; . d slowly around in the circle, bringing everyparticle of quartz to a condition of ])a8to. Thecharge is from 300 or 400 pounds up to a ton,according to the size of the concern. Enough watershould be used to make a rather paste-like hastypudding or meal mush, which it much resembleswhen it is done or ground fine enough. Too muchwater would wash the fine particles of the ores out,and too little would prevent them from settling tothe bottom or into the clay seams, where, if theprocess is well done the gold and silver is foundmixed with the quicksilver at the end of the the opinion of many persons this is the cheapestway of reducing ores, especially at a distance froma town where machinery is manufactured. In 18G5 the Gold Hill mines worked 724 menregularly, and produced 9(>0 tons of ore Virginia City mines employed 6C2 men andproduced 475 tons daily. The gross yield of theComstock for three-quarters of the year was 257,728tons, which produced 89,328,188 in PHOTO. BY JOHN g. HOC. VIROINtA, NEV.
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