Getting Gold: A Gold-Mining Handbook for Practical Men
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Chapters (431)
- GETTING GOLD.
- GRIFFIN’S STANDARD PUBLICATIONS.
- GETTING GOLD:
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
- PUBLISHERS’ NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY. GETTING GOLD
- CHAPTER II
- GOLD PROSPECTING
- CHAPTER III
- LODE OR REEF PROSPECTING
- CHAPTER IV
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD
- CHAPTER V
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD
- CHAPTER VI
- GOLD EXTRACTION
- CHAPTER VII
- GOLD EXTRACTION
- CHAPTER VIII
- CALCINATION OR “ROASTING” OF ORES
- CHAPTER IX
- MOTOR POWER AND ITS TRANSMISSION
- CHAPTER X
- COMPANY FORMATION AND OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER XI
- RULES OF THUMB
- CHAPTER XII
- RULES OF THUMB
- APPENDIX
- GETTING GOLD
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II
- GOLD PROSPECTING—ALLUVIAL AND GENERAL
- CHAPTER III
- LODE OR REEF PROSPECTING
- CHAPTER IV
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD—AURIFEROUS LODES
- CHAPTER V
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD—AURIFEROUS DRIFTS
- “THE DEPOSITION OF GOLD.
- CHAPTER VI
- GOLD EXTRACTION
- NEW METHOD OF SEPARATING GOLD FROM IMPURE AMALGAM.
- CHAPTER VII
- GOLD EXTRACTION—SECONDARY PROCESSES AND LIXIVIATION
- CHAPTER VIII
- CALCINATION OR ROASTING OF ORES
- TYPES OF FURNACES OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT ARE IN ACTUAL USE.
- CHAPTER IX
- MOTOR POWER AND ITS TRANSMISSION
- WATERLESS POWER.
- CHAPTER X
- COMPANY FORMATION AND OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER XI
- RULES OF THUMB
- LIVING PLACES
- A BUSH BED.
- NORTHERN TERRITORY HAMMOCK.
- PURIFYING WATER.
- TO OBTAIN WATER FROM ROOTS.
- TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE FILTER.
- CANVAS WATER BAGS.
- MEDICINE CASE.
- PRODUCING FIRE.
- TO COPY CORRESPONDENCE.
- TO PROVIDE A SIMPLE TELEGRAPHIC CODE.
- A SERVICEABLE SOAP.
- TO CROSS A FLOODED STREAM.
- TO MAKE A HIDE BUCKET.
- TO MAKE A “SLUSH LAMP.”
- CHAPTER XII
- RULES OF THUMB
- A TEMPORARY FORGE.
- SIMPLE WAY OF MAKING CHARCOAL.
- ROUGH SMELTING ON THE MINE.
- MISFIRES IN BLASTING.
- TO PREVENT LOSS OF RICH SPECIMENS IN BLASTING.
- A SIMPLE MODE OF RETORTING SMALL QUANTITIES OF AMALGAM.
- TO RETORT SMALL QUANTITIES OF MERCURY FOR AMALGAMATING ASSAY TESTS.
- A SIMPLE MODE OF ASCERTAINING THE NOMINAL HORSE-POWER OF AN ENGINE.
- “SCALING” COPPER PLATES.
- HOW TO SUPPLY MERCURY TO MORTAR BOXES.
- HOW WATER SHOULD ENTER STAMPER BOXES.
- POWER FOR MILLS.
- TO AVOID LOSS IN CLEANING UP.
- IRON EXTRACTOR.
- TO SILVER COPPER PLATES.
- HOW TO MAKE A DOLLY.
- ROUGH WINDLASS.
- PUDDLER.
- A MAKESHIFT PUMP.
- SQUEEZING AMALGAM.
- MERCURY EXTRACTOR.
- SLUICE PLATES.
- MEASURING INACCESSIBLE DISTANCES.
- TO SET OUT A RIGHT ANGLE WITH A TAPE.
- A SIMPLE LEVELLING INSTRUMENT.
- TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A STANDING TREE.
- LEVELLING BY ANEROID BAROMETER (Fig. 45).
- TO DETERMINE HEIGHTS OF OBJECTS.
- TO FIND THE DEPTH OF A SHAFT.
- DESCRIPTION OF PLAN FOR RE-USING WATER.
- COOLING COMPOUND FOR HEATED BEARINGS.
- CLEANING GREASY PLUMMER BLOCKS.
- PREVENTING SCALING AND PRIMING IN BOILERS.
- CLEARING SCALE-STOPPED PIPES.
- AN EXCELLENT ANTI-FRICTION COMPOUND.
- TO CLEAN BRASS.
- A SOLVENT FOR RUST.
- TO PROTECT IRON AND STEEL FROM RUST.
- TO KEEP MACHINERY FROM RUSTING.
- FIRE-LUTE.
- ROPE-SPLICING.
- APPENDIX
- TO FIND LOST PART OF VEIN
- THE CALCULATION OF ORE RESERVES.[4]
- ESTIMATING ORE VALUES.
- CALIFORNIA PUMP.
- HYDRAULICS.
- BORING.
- DURABILITY OF ROPES.
- DIAMOND DRILLING.
- TIMBER.
- LAYING OUT OF AREAS.
- MENSURATION.
- MINE SURVEYING PROBLEMS.
- RAINFALL.
- NOTES ON BELTING.
- WEIGHT AND BULK OF MATERIALS.
- SIGNS AND SYMBOLS USED IN EXPRESSING FORMULAS.
- ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
- FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
- FRESH AND SALT WATER COMPARED.
- VELOCITY OF FALLING FLUIDS.
- PRESSURE OF WATER AT DIFFERENT HEADS.
- TO FIND THE CONTENTS OF A TANK.
- SIZES AND WEIGHT OF CORRUGATED GALVANISED IRON SHEETS.
- THICKNESS AND WEIGHT OF GALVANISED SHEET IRON.
- QUALITIES OF DIFFERENT ROPES EXPRESSED RELATIVELY.
- THE ATMOSPHERE.
- AUSTRALIAN MINING REGULATIONS.
- NEW SOUTH WALES.
- VICTORIA.
- SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
- WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
- QUEENSLAND.
- TASMANIA.
- NEW ZEALAND.
- INDEX
- USEFUL RULES AND TABLES:
- A MECHANICAL TEXT-BOOK:
- MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
- THE STABILITY OF SHIPS.
- STEEL SHIPS:
- PRESENT-DAY SHIPBUILDING.
- MARINE METEOROLOGY,
- GRIFFIN’S NAUTICAL SERIES.
- Practical Mechanics:
- A Manual of Trigonometry:
- A Manual of Algebra.
- THE LEGAL DUTIES OF SHIPMASTERS.
- Latitude and Longitude:
- A MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HELP
- GRIFFIN’S NAUTICAL SERIES.
- KNOW YOUR OWN SHIP.
- MARINE ENGINEERING:
- MARINE ENGINEERING RULES AND TABLES,
- THE CALCULUS FOR ENGINEERS AND PHYSICISTS,
- MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS
- THE MECHANICAL ENGINEER’S REFERENCE BOOK
- CHEMISTRY FOR ENGINEERS.
- THE ELEMENTS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING.
- THE STUDENT’S MECHANICS:
- FOUNDATIONS OF MECHANICS.
- FUEL AND WATER:
- SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS:
- TRADES’ WASTE:
- SMOKE ABATEMENT.
- CALCAREOUS CEMENTS:
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
- CENTRAL ELECTRICAL STATIONS:
- ELECTRICITY CONTROL.
- A POCKET-BOOK OF ELECTRICAL RULES & TABLES
- WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.
- ELECTRICITY METERS.
- ELECTRIC SMELTING AND REFINING.
- ELECTRO-METALLURGY, A Treatise on.
- ELECTRICAL PRACTICE IN COLLIERIES.
- GRIFFIN’S ELECTRICAL PRICE-BOOK.
- A SHORT MANUAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
- LABORATORY HANDBOOKS BY A. HUMBOLDT SEXTON,
- OUTLINES OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.
- OUTLINES OF QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.
- ELEMENTARY METALLURGY:
- Griffin’s Chemical and Technological Publications.
- Griffin’s Geological, Prospecting, Mining, and Metallurgical Publications.
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