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Mercury Use and Recovering Gold from Amalgam information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 26018"><p>You will find mercury on gold in a lot of spots the old timers worked. They were "as mad as hatters" them old timers & loved using mercury :lol:</p><p>Some spots would be worse than others but it would have had fairly widespread use back in the day - they used it for "tinning" i.e. they would put mercury in the pan with any gold too fine to collect to create an amalgam then they would use various methods to burn off the mercury & collect the gold. Some used potatoes to absorb the mercury but I don't know a great deal about it. Prefer to steer clear of backyard science experiments with toxic substances especially with an inquisitive young child at home.</p><p>Some very good advice:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 26018"] You will find mercury on gold in a lot of spots the old timers worked. They were "as mad as hatters" them old timers & loved using mercury :lol: Some spots would be worse than others but it would have had fairly widespread use back in the day - they used it for "tinning" i.e. they would put mercury in the pan with any gold too fine to collect to create an amalgam then they would use various methods to burn off the mercury & collect the gold. Some used potatoes to absorb the mercury but I don't know a great deal about it. Prefer to steer clear of backyard science experiments with toxic substances especially with an inquisitive young child at home. Some very good advice: [/QUOTE]
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