In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . Group of Miners and Group of Klondike Gold Miners. THE MILLING OPERATION. I63 It is then crushed to the proper size for its reception bythe stamp machines, and here the milling operationproper really begins. When, in the stamp mill, a suitabledegree of fineness has been reached, the free gold iscaught by amalgamating it. This operation may be car-ried on in the battery box itsel
In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . Group of Miners and Group of Klondike Gold Miners. THE MILLING OPERATION. I63 It is then crushed to the proper size for its reception bythe stamp machines, and here the milling operationproper really begins. When, in the stamp mill, a suitabledegree of fineness has been reached, the free gold iscaught by amalgamating it. This operation may be car-ried on in the battery box itself or on tables outside, inmercury wells, or by special apparatus in pans, or,still again, by a combination of some or all the escaping pulp, which in most cases containsmuch the largest proportion of gold, is treated by someof the concentration methods to obtain the yellow metaL There are still many cases where the rock, when firstbrought from the mine, is broken by hand with a heavyhammer, but this process is usually performed by amachine known as a rock-breaker. There are two maintypes of these machines. Both are made of heavy cast-ing, and are box-like in form with fly-wheels on eitherside. In one the stone is crushe
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