Metallurgy of Gold by Manuel Eissler

This reprint of the 1900 classic covers a wide variety of topics such as melting, assaying, ores, hydraulic mining, amongst other metallurgical processes.

Gold as a Metal - Gold Mining Results - Physical and Geological Features of Gold Producing Countries - Chemical Examination of Gold Ores - Hydraulic Gold Mining and Dredging - The Milling of Gold Ores - Stamp Batteries - Amalgamation - Working of the Gold Mill - Mills in Operation - Crushing Appliances - Statistics of Milling - Treatment Of Gold-Bearing Ores - Concentration - The Roasting of Rebellious Ores - Pyritic Roasting - Smelting of Pyritic Ores - The Hydro-Metallurgy - Chlorination, Lixiviation, and Precipitation - Later Processes of Chlorination - Electro-Metallurgy of Precious Metals - The Cyanide Process of Gold Extraction - Erection of A Cyanide Plant - The Siemens-Halske Cyanide Process - The Cyanide Process in Operation at Various Works - The Chemistry of the Cyanide Process - The Melting and Assaying of Gold - The Cupelling, Parting, and Refining of Gold Bullion; all of these categories plus a comprehensive and helpful index!