Misc data and adventures of a Tayopa treasure hunter

[Real of Tayopa]

hello IU, The salt was not cheap, it included the tax based upon how much Au Cl / it would produce in an average mining operation.

 

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[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Okay Jose, the next question is how to remove the salt from the gold

My first guess is with water....

My second guess is..... I don’t know how.

Any advice, amigo?

#/;0{>~

 

[Real of Tayopa]

2NDGUESS, mY BOOK, ON ASSAYING IS IN ALAMOS, MEX, i REALLY DON'T REMEMBER. You.ll have to wait until the VA gets through with me.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Jose, I have been doing a bit of reading on this subject and what I’m getting from it is a headache and confusion..

One article says that salt acts like mercury does, when added to silver, but it is supposed to be added to the ore as a brine.
It called the end product, “Mercerized silver”.

Then another article said that adding salt into the gold ore, during the patio process, would have the same results as with mercury.

The process of separation of gold and silver, using salt, got over my head before I got a good start on it.

Needless to say, I’m gonna have to keep reading [emoji433].

#/;0{>~(c)

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Mikel, see if you can find , in yourl lbrary or on the free book translation on the net, " De Re Matalica", Down load it. It was the description of the mining how to in the 1500's Beautiful and clear drawings

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Mikel, see if you can find , in yourl lbrary or on the free book translation on the net, " De Re Matalica", Down load it. It was the description of the mining how to in the 1500's Beautiful and clear drawings

I have it in my laptop!

It is a hard read, but well worth it, especially when you are looking for answers.

I’ll find some reading time and refresh my memory.

Thanks amigo.

#/;0{>~(c)

 

[Oroblanco]

Any updates on the book about Tayopa and your search mi compadre Real de Tayopa?

To everyone else, lets start sharing some of those experiences! Keep 'em coming! I'll toss another log on the fire and reheat the coffee pot.



I have decided to start a sideline business, a bed-n-breakfast, by leasing the line shacks (er I mean "cabins") at the ranch. I am now accepting reservations! Solar heating, natural flow-through ventilation for those warm days, and you can literally lay back and count the stars while laying in the bunks!



This one is for mi amigo MIKEL, for our next trip to the north country!


Coffee anyone?

 

[releventchair]

Adventures with squirrels.
Chased one away building a nest last spring. But did not notice it built higher in the same tree after leaves emerged...
So , Squirrels above yard / above dogs = fleas.

Plenty of other things to do so after tomorrows continued flea spray of yard war ,it's on to other projects.
Dad is ill so that will be a priority.
Need to get out to my hunting property and do some work too.

Picked up a spring tooth harrow.
Replaced half worn through bolts in a couple places. Cleaned it up and lubed it.
Replaced missing spring tooth after cleaning , so it has lichen on it like the whole thing did.
Used round stock to replace a couple missing spikes on rear.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Here in Arkansas, we would consider that to be an anchor!
Hook that to a tractor [emoji609] and wear the tires out. Trying to pull it through the rocks that sprout up in the fields!!

#/;0{>~(c)

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Any updates on the book about Tayopa and your search mi compadre Real de Tayopa?

To everyone else, lets start sharing some of those experiences! Keep 'em coming! I'll toss another log on the fire and reheat the coffee pot.

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Coffee anyone?

Oro, I would like to reserve the first one for the night before Christmas!

I might even try the igloo, if it comes with a tuxedo.... I’ve never heard of a polar bear attacking penguin [emoji210] in natural surroundings.
I might be safe if I look like a penguin!!

#/;0{>~(c)

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Slo but sure Oro, my eyes are just not up to it. I would like to schedule a cabin the same time as Mikel and you, we have much to talk over. Are those spurs I see on you ////

 

[Oroblanco]

Slo but sure Oro, my eyes are just not up to it. I would like to schedule a cabin the same time as Mikel and you, we have much to talk over. Are those spurs I see on you ////

Are you sure that is me in the photo? If so, then who shot the photo?

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

Those spurs would come in handy for riding that polar bear!!

 

[weekender]

Slo but sure Oro, my eyes are just not up to it. I would like to schedule a cabin the same time as Mikel and you, we have much to talk over. Are those spurs I see on you ////

Put me down for that trip!!!

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Beth ? All I see are pants full of ticks.

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Oro, what type of working is that leaves walls aout 6', floor faily smooth about 8 or 9 wide, and no roof I have the picture somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. One of the mines at Tayopa.

 

[Oroblanco]

Oro, what type of working is that leaves walls aout 6', floor faily smooth about 8 or 9 wide, and no roof I have the picture somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. One of the mines at Tayopa.

Open cut, trench. If the vein(s) continued deeper, it would be "stepped" down to continue following. Surprising to find that in Mexico at all, fairly common in colonial era mines in S. America.

Keep 'em coming amigos!

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

I hate going back to the Spanish Mining Law book, but that may be the explanation for one of the laws that I couldn’t make sense of...
I couldn’t differentiate between digging a hole and sinking a pit...
It was late in the book, but it was one of the first things that had to be done before getting to stake their claim.

I still don’t know which is which!

Yet.

#/;0{>~(c)

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Yes Mikel, they had to prove that their claim had to have sufficient value to receive a concession Still was in effect during the revolution.

 

[Real of Tayopa]

Rember this was in one of the rings, lowest area.