People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1897 — Gets All the Gold. [ARTICLE]

Gets All the Gold.

A process of extracting gold by which every particle of the metal in the ore is recovered is stated to be in successful operation in West Australia. It is called the ore atomic process. Gold quartz is crushed into small lumps ams is then put into a closed chamber subject to the heat of a furnace, to the action of-water, and of hydrogen gas. This eliminates sulphur and reduces all oxides to the metallic state. After being heated the material is suddenly cooled by jets of water; an operation repeated several times till the quartz crumbles te powder at the touch of the finger. It is then thrown into a tank and the sold is separated by washing.