Using borax instead of mercury-very interesting!

[Cache]

Check out this youtube video,pretty cool

 

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[DesertNuggets]

Misleading video.

Mercury and borax are used for two different things.

 

[KevinInColorado]

Well yes but both provide a way to convert a bunch oflittle pieces of gold into a bigger lump you can sell. The rest of the story of is very different...they could say switching from amalgamation to modern riffles and sluice mats, would that feel more 'honest'?

 

[jmoller99]

The Borax is used as a flux - If it can help process fine gold, I am all for it - I want nothing to do with Mercury. In years past, a lot of fine gold would not amalgamate with Mercury (impurities - whatever), so Mercury is not really an option in all cases (even if it does not scare you to use it). I am always interested in knowing how people process material.

NOTE: The system where you process your fines in a Microwave oven/kiln also uses flux in a similar way as the Borax example in the video.

I have looked into other ways to process ore/concentrates for gold (Cyanide is also not my favorite of thing to work with either). Places like Action Mininng (Home page) have some processes using CLS that I am interested in. Grab their PDF catalog and have a look.