Gold Refining

Now for the first time, in one book, simplified and complete instructions on how to analyze, process, recover and refine your own gold -- or on a commercial basis, fire assays of gold, platinum, silver and other metals, described in easy to follow articles. This book is written specifically for entrepreneurs who contemplate going into the business of precious metals refining, or to increase their present technical capability in their businesses which may be jewelry fabrication, dental laboratories, metal re-cycling of precious metals or electroplating. A large portion of this book is given to analytical work which enables the reader to recognize the value and purity of the materials. The gold and all the precious metals with which the gold is closely associated is valuable in any form and in any quantity and it is being re-processed and placed on the market. This book describes in detail how it is done on a commercial basis or in small quantities. This book may also serve as a source of basic knowledge for anyone who ventures to handle materials containing gold and other precious metals, and can be used as a reference for engineers and designers of extractive metallurgical processes.