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The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
Page 70
their upper portions than below , but to be the effect of the decomposition and
wearing down of the higher parts , and the concentration of the gold they
contained in the lode below that worn away . We have seen that in the
decomposed parts ...
their upper portions than below , but to be the effect of the decomposition and
wearing down of the higher parts , and the concentration of the gold they
contained in the lode below that worn away . We have seen that in the
decomposed parts ...
Page 72
Nearly the whole of the free gold is caught by the mercury , for which it has a
great affinity , and accumulates as amalgam on the copper plates , from which it
is cleaned off every twelve hours . The sand and water then pass over inclined
tables ...
Nearly the whole of the free gold is caught by the mercury , for which it has a
great affinity , and accumulates as amalgam on the copper plates , from which it
is cleaned off every twelve hours . The sand and water then pass over inclined
tables ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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