The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-10-19

10 the 100 It's, or more than 100 times The
quantity separated by the ordinary process.
This discovery might well surprise even
those " no made II, iOr uo one had ever sas-
pected that the sands OF the DUAL could be
. rich. Still 1t appeared extremely ddii.
cub 10 extract thus treasure by any truly
advantageous method. TO repeat on a
real sca.e, The chemical operations which
had proved 81 successful, 10 dissolve the
precious metal contained m enormous mass.
Is OF sand by means Of acids, was evidently
,mpracucabIe Even the proc > OF anal
oamaton was too costly 10 be generally
Used, and moreover Il Ind been proved that
the mercur, absorbed bul small proper
tlon of,he gold cnuIaued IN The sand.
Col. Anosod, therefore, determined 10 Try
the effect OF smelling auu erous sands. Tie
hoped that the OXIDE Of iron, winch they
contain, would be converted INTO cast iron
L, the action ui the ti,r, and would absorb,
Al tile same ume, large part Il me gold
continued IN the sand. appeared EASY 10
extract afterwards, the gold iron the iron,
by means 81 >ulphurous acid. All these
operations succeeded perfectly, and lhr fol.
lowing are the results of the experiments
made, first on small, and afterwards on
large scale:
( l. Nue pounds of sand, miNed with pow
dcted charcoal and Auor spar, aud melted
ID cruclbe, produced - grans II gold ;
100 lbs, therefore, would produce 20 grams,
beng nearly % times as much a. BY the
oiduary process.
,. The fusion Of l0l745 lbs Of sand,
performed IN arr furnaces, led also 10 sliis
factory results. From lhis mass, Which
would have Yielded, by ~a>hn-, onl, -
dwis there ~ RI extracted sta lbs 81 east
iron, containing 1850! dnts II gnd--a
quantity % tunes GREATER than Mould have
bren obtalard b, the old process.
3 SAnd ucIgh,n. 25d2l lb>, and 5i~~
lbs OF fluor spar, melted ~ furnace dfs
tuned Tor AuN4ug copper, produced 12d To-
Of iron, containing ll9-4 d~is u gold
Submited 10 lhr action Of Mater over H..
cllned planes, tn ; sand would have ?rodu
ccd bui l34 d~ts OF gold 81 rimes less.
Ii is eass to perceive the Importance o
these discoveries, and nos murb lhis may
be said to Inc rease the yaiu %, the aurl.-
ruus sands ol Oural and the AHai. Al iir,r
SIGHT, INDEED. We might b. led to supp -
that II would ba easy To add annually TO ~,
imperial treasure ,Henty o. thuty tunes
more gold than ha@ been heretofore pgndu
ced ID he mines Il Siberia. We nn.t not
however, count upun such an tnereas. %
productions. Vast as are the forests ol III,
Oulal, lhey could not hong furnish he char
coal necessary Tor huNing the enufInuu
quantities a sand worked every ear b,
Washing. Bot II Is probable ha htfrailc
a great quantity d metal may b. extracted
aith a i~ss consumption ~ ,aad thi
Russia Decd never apprrhend The failure O
: tb,s >0urce - nrhps The bsd- ii autile
rous saud q -coyeted daily "a TIE Oara
mountains and the Ahal are - nanefnu'
and extensive, that Il Vas al,ts.uI 10 tore
see time II Whch even The present niut.
d working would exhaust them; lut ibl,
term viii te still further eNteuisd II IA,
new process, shall ~ adopted IL obau
63l 81 dais oi gold, ~ the meihrd
Washing, moro than $50 nilhuns d puund
ID sand were utcrs~ar, bt th- Heidad v
hIyul, = mlIhous sou d b. sufficient, -
Hence Ne mas regard the miu. al wealth
: 81 Siberia as lBeyhausl be, especially IS ,h.
sand alfe4ds worked rs the aid mrthp.i