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GRIFFIN'S METALLURGICAL SERIES. 



THIRD EDITION. Revised and Enlarged. Handsome Cloth. 21s. 



THE METALLURGY OF GOLD. 



T. KIRKE ROSE, D.Sc.Lond., Assoc.R.S.M., 



Assistant Assayer of the Royal Mint. 



(Revised and partly Re- written. Including the most recent Improve- 

 ments in the Cyanide Process. With Frontispiece 

 and numerous Illustrations. 



GENERAL CONTENTS. 



The Properties of Gold and its Alloys. Chlorination : The Preparation of Ore 



Chemistry of the Compounds of Gold. for Treatment. 



Mode of Occurrence and Distribution j Chlorination: The Vat Process. 



of Gold. I Chlorination : The Barrel Process. 



Placer Mining. Chlorination Practice in particular 



-Shallow Deposits. Mills. 



Deep Placer Mining. The Cyanide Process. 



Quartz Crushing in the Stamp Battery. Chemistry of the Cyanide Process. 



Amalgamation in the Stamp Battery. Pyritic Smelting. 



Other Forms of Crushing and Amal- The Kenning and Parting of Gold 



gamating Machinery. Bullion. 



Concentration in Stamp Mills. The Assay of Gold Ores. 



Stamp Battery Practice in particular j The Assay of Gold Bullion. 



Localities. Economic Considerations. 

 Bibliography. 



" A COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICAL TREATISE on this important subject." The Times. 



"The MOST COMPLETE description of the CHLORINATION PROCESS which has yet been pub- 

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 ." Nature. 



"Adapted for all who are interested in the Gold Mining Industry, being free from tech- 

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