Underground Treasures How And Where to Find Them a Key for the Ready Determina
Underground Treasures How And Where to Find Them a Key for the Ready Determina
Orton James
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. IVrr Platinum, . . -nroTnr Gold, . . • Too oTTo" That is, an ore of iron which contains less than 25 per cent, of metal will not pay for working ; for the reduction of iron in comparison with copper ore is very dif- ficult. Gold is very easily extracted, and hence some quartz rocks which do not ap- parently contain a particle of gold, pay jfcr 94 UNDERGROUND TREASURES. well, a bushel of rock often yielding half an ounce. Iron occurs in large masses or beds ; but the other metals are scattered... in fragments through sand or soil, or exist in veins running through rocks. Washing for Gold and Platinum. — This operation, called "panning, " is the oldest and simplest method of extracting the precious metals. At the present time, it furnishes to Russia nearly all the gold produced in that empire. It is based on the principle that substances of different weights may be separated by means of water, — the heaviest going to the bottom first. To examine the bank or bed of a river, suspected to contain gold, fill a milk- pan with the sands and carry it to a tub or pool of quiet water.
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