Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students eBook

J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
PREFACE	1
GETTING GOLD	1
CHAPTER I	1
CHAPTER II	8
CHAPTER III	14
CHAPTER IV	21
CHAPTER V	31
CHAPTER VI	39
CHAPTER VII	52
CHAPTER VIII	61
TYPES OF FURNACES OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES THAT ARE IN ACTUAL USE.	62
CHAPTER IX	66
WATERLESS POWER.	67
CHAPTER X	69
CHAPTER XI	79
LIVING PLACES	79
A BUSH BED	80
NORTHERN TERRITORY HAMMOCK	81
PURIFYING WATER	81
TO OBTAIN WATER FROM ROOTS	82
TO MAKE AN EFFECTIVE FILTER	83
CANVAS WATER BAGS	84
MEDICINE CASE	84
PRODUCING FIRE	84
TO COPY CORRESPONDENCE	85
TO PROVIDE A SIMPLE TELEGRAPHIC CODE	85
A SERVICEABLE SOAP	85
TO CROSS A FLOODED STREAM	85
TO MAKE A HIDE BUCKET	85
CHAPTER XII	86
MINING APPLIANCES AND METHODS	86
SIMPLE WAY OF MAKING CHARCOAL	87
ROUGH SMELTING ON THE MINE	87
MISFIRES IN BLASTING	87
TO PREVENT LOSS OF RICH SPECIMENS IN BLASTING	88
A SIMPLE MODE OF RETORTING SMALL QUANTITIES OF AMALGAM	88
TO RETORT SMALL QUANTITIES OF MERCURY FOR AMALGAMATING ASSAY TESTS	88
A SIMPLE MODE OF ASCERTAINING THE NOMINAL HORSE-POWER OF AN ENGINE	88
HOW TO SUPPLY MERCURY TO MORTAR BOXES	90
HOW WATER SHOULD ENTER STAMPER BOXES	90
POWER FOR MILLS	91
TO AVOID LOSS IN CLEANING UP	92
IRON EXTRACTOR	92
TO SILVER COPPER PLATES	92
HOW TO MAKE A DOLLY	94
ROUGH WINDLASS	95
PUDDLER	95
A MAKESHIFT PUMP	96
SQUEEZING AMALGAM	96
MERCURY EXTRACTOR	96
SLUICE PLATES	97
MEASURING INACCESSIBLE DISTANCES	97
TO SET OUT A RIGHT ANGLE WITH A TAPE	98
A SIMPLE LEVELLING INSTRUMENT	98
TO MEASURE THE HEIGHT OF A STANDING TREE	98
LEVELLING BY ANEROID BAROMETER	98
TO DETERMINE HEIGHTS OF OBJECTS	99
TO FIND THE DEPTH OF A SHAFT	99
DESCRIPTION OF PLAN FOR RE-USING WATER	99
COOLING COMPOUND FOR HEATED BEARINGS	100
CLEANING GREASY PLUMMER BLOCKS	100
AN EXCELLENT ANTI-FRICTION COMPOUND	100
TO CLEAN BRASS	100
A SOLVENT FOR RUST	100
TO PROTECT IRON AND STEEL FROM RUST	100
TO KEEP MACHINERY FROM RUSTING	100
FIRE-LUTE	101
ROPE-SPLICING	101

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