Abstract
"The process of amalgamation is one of the oldest known methods of extracting silver from its ores. The process arose from the finding of rich silver ores in districts where little or no fuel existed.
This method of silver extraction has been known and used for over three hundred years; but the method of pan amalgamation which came into use much later and has been so fully developed under American management is the one which we will here consider.
The process of pan amalgamation is peculiarly adapted to certain mining districts of the western territory of the United States"--page 2.
Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Metallurgical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1877
Pagination
9 pages, 4 plates
Rights
© 1877 Jas. A. Pack, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
AmalgamationSilver -- Metallurgy
Thesis Number
T 121
Print OCLC #
5923992
Electronic OCLC #
319547805
Recommended Citation
Pack, James A., "Silver amalgamation" (1877). Professional Degree Theses. 8.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/8
Comments
Jas. A. Pack determined to be James A. Pack from "1874-1999 MSM-UMR Alumni Directory".
Holograph [Handwritten and illustrated in entirety by author].
Download includes a transcription of this handwritten thesis.