AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

Silver amalgamation

by James A. Pack




Institution: Missouri University of Science and Technology
Department:
Year: 1877
Record ID: 1497731
Full text PDF: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/17795


Abstract

"The process of amalgamation is one of the oldest known methods of extracting silver from its ores. The process arose from the finding of rich silver ores in districts where little or no fuel existed" – p. [2].