Next
slgwv

slgwv club

Posted: 25 Feb 2011

Taken: 16 Mar 2009

0 favorites     2 comments    212 visits

Location

Lat, Lng:  
You can copy the above to your favourite mapping app.
Address:  unknown

  View on map

See also...

Silver Surfers Silver Surfers

Nevada Nevada

Mining Heritage Mining Heritage

Keywords

gold •
Majuba Mountain •
amalgam •
retort •
Hg •
Pershing County •
Ag •
Pb •
Nevada •
Au •
USA •
ghost town •
lead •
mercury •
mining •
silver •
mines •
Antelope District •

Authorizations, license

Visible by: Everyone
All rights reserved
212 visits

Mercury retort

Mercury retort
For distilling amalgam. Majuba Mountain area.
Comments
 tarboat
tarboat club
Very interesting, I have never seen anything like this before.
11 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Glad you found it of interest. It's a precious-metals extraction technique that goes back to antiquity, and still finds use in the developing world. The obvious hazards have made it obsolete in the industrialized world, however!
11 years ago.

Sign-in to write a comment.