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Popular Mining Encyclopedia Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume I Popular Mining Encyclopedia Table of Contents Volume I HOW TO STAKE A CLAIM 1 STAKING CLAIMS WITH A RANGE FINDER 3 WHIRLPOOL CONCENTRATOR Centrifugal CONCENTRATORS 6 Open Your Own Assay Office 8 Estimating Gold Values In Placers 9 A Quality Concentrating Table You Can Build 11 PART II 18 Part III 22 Finishing The Table - Part IV 25 MERCURY POISONING -WHAT YOU CAN DO 28 MICRON GOLD AMALGAMATOR 30 SUPER HOT TORCH FROM PIPE 32 Building a Furnace Part II 34 AN ASSAY BALANCE 36 TIPS ON STAYING ALIVE UNDERGROUND 40 NON-CYANIDE LEACHING 42 PRECIPITATING GOLD WITH ZINC 43 Expanded Metal Sluice 45 Learning About Flotation 47 Exploring Old Mines 48 A Vibrating Backpack Sluice 49 Dredging for Gold in North Carolina 50 How to Fire Liquids 52 Improving Your Sluice 53 A Mercury Retort from Pipe 54 More Information On Mercury Retorts 55 Making and Maintaining BABBIT BEARINGS 56 How to do Sampling 59 Lab Centrifugal Concentrator 61 Modified 66 A Poor Man's Rock Crusher 67 Letters to the Editor 67 Idea Corner 68 Running 3 Phase Motors On Single Phase Power 69 Vacuum Dredge Nozzle For Less than $15.00 70 Handling Dynamite 71 Building a Furnace Part III 72 Understanding Sluices Part II 76 SAVING YOUR FUEL 78 BUILDING A BALL MILL 79 How to Do Fire Assays 84 MAKING CUPELS 86 Learning About Flotation Part II 88 GETTING RID OF RATS 90 Special Chemical Assay 91 Tripod Hoist 92 A Little Drain Pipe Sluice 93 Automatic Feed for a Pipe Sluice 93 Pretreatment for a Plastic Sluice 94 Mining with a Slusher 95 Assaying Complex Ores 98 Annual Assessment Work 99 Exploring Old Mines 101 A Homemade Trommel 102 Sluicebox Troubleshooting Guide 103 Action Mining Services Inc All rights reserved copyright ©2015 www.actionmining.com Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume I Table of Contents Volume I Quartz Cracker 109 Wet Suit Heater 110 Poor Miner's Vacuum System 111 Mine Safety - Lack of Oxygen 111 Railroad Series Laying Rail 113 Investment Money 116 On the Lighter Side...Gold Nuggets 117 Patenting Your Mining Claim 118 Simple Amalgamator 121 A Simple Ball Mill 122 Precious Metal Extraction 123 An Easy to Build Classifier 125 Using a Feather on your Concentrating Table 126 Whirlpool Concentrator, another version 127 1930s Forest Service/Miners Working Together 128 Using Stock 2-Wheel-Drive Vehicles in Off Road Situations 130 Letters to the Editor 132 Water Distribution Box on a Table 134 A Drive for Trommels or Ball Mills 135 Poor Man's Hammer Mill 136 A Simple Scraper 137 Home Built Furnace Torch 137 A Simple Amalgamator 138 Conversion Charts 139 A Simple Dewatering System 140 Acquiring a Mining Claim 141 Safety - Lead 143 Refining High Grade Sulfide Silver Ore 144 Use of Depressants on Your Table 146 The Doodle Bug 147 Sluicebox without Riffles 152 Platinum, the Miracle Metal 154 Sluice Box Riffle System 155 Mounting Adapter for Compressor 155 SUBJECT: Micron Gold 158 Reducing Gold Loss from Concentrates 160 GOLD On Mercury Copper Plates 163 Gold Farms of Peru 164 You Don't Need an Expensive Hot Plate 166 How to Check for Mercury in Your Ore 167 A Simple Scale You Can Build 168 Characteristics of Particles 169 Prospectors' Maps 170 A Simple Concentrating Table 172 How to Wash Leach Residue 173 Electric Gold Panner 175 Railroad Switches You Can Make 176 Extracting Gold from Water 179 Silvering, Silver-plating, Desilvering 180 Increasing Mill Production 181 Diver Control Switch 182 Let’s Talk Clean-up - Stamp Mills 184 A Lift Mechanism for Your Pot Furnace Crucible 186 Determining Platinum Group Metals in Nickel Ores and Concentrates 188 Action Mining Services Inc All rights reserved copyright ©2015 www.actionmining.com Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume II Table of Contents Volume II A SIMPLE STACKABLE FURNACE 1 ASSAYING MICRON GOLD 2 A Heavy Duty Shaker Screen 4 Safety Data Sheet - Lead Oxide 5 GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION 6 A SIMPLE POT FURNACE 7 Idea Corner 9 The Meaning of pH 14 Selecting Hose Size by Flow Capacity 15 AN IDAHO MINERAL JIG 16 DETERMINING SILVER, NICKEL, OR TIN COATINGS 18 Dredge Innovations 19 USING GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION FOR PROSPECTING 20 MINING EQUIPMENT - What They’re Used For 22 A Micron 24 SIMPLE METHOD OF ATTACHING GEARS AND PULLEYS 25 OFF ROAD DRIVING SURVIVAL TIPS 26 Temperature Conversions 27 Incompatible Materials in the Lab 28 Letters to the Editor 29 Critical Points on Fire Assaying 32 SILVER...the Noble Metal 35 Sluice Box Addition 36 Tips for Recovering Fine Gold 37 Head box for Sluice 40 A Useful Mixing Unit 42 Flotation Principles 45 Conversion Factors 46 Leaching Silver at pH 5 - pH 7 47 Parkes Process for Desilvering Lead 49 Chart - Tap Drill Sizes 51 Low Budget Brake 52 Hard Rock Drilling Ideas 54 Chart - Recommended Cutting Fluids 55 Sandstone Gold 56 Care and Feeding of Gasoline Powered Rock Drills 57 The Urea Controversy 59 Shaker Deck 60 Prospecting With a Metal Detector 62 Gold Recovery Machine from Australia 63 Air Vibrated Screen from South Africa 70 Dowsing Research Project 71 Rock Crushing Experience 73 Recovering Nitrate Leached Values 75 Conversion Charts 76 VENTURI DATA 77 Mac/Mac Subsurface 5” Sampling Dredge 78 Don’t Overlook Gems 82 Of the Platinum Metals 83 Size Wise 86 Dredge Tilt Indicator 87 TRY THIS WITH YOUR SPIRAL WHEEL.. 89 UTILIZING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS 90 RECOVERING AND CONCENTRATING GOLD 90 Action Mining Services Inc All rights reserved copyright ©2015 www.actionmining.com Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume II Table of Contents Volume II GOLD PROSPECTING FUN 92 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY (AND OTHER USEFUL DATA) 92 POWER JETS 94 BACKPACK "BURRO' 95 Water Conversion Table 97 A LOW COST MAGNETIC SEPARATOR 98 Crucibles, Ten Guides to Safety & Long Service 99 CHOOSING A PROSPECTING CLUB 100 Care of a Small Gas Engine 101 Black Sand Panner 102 A Simple Surface Suction Dredge 103 'QUICK FIX" FOR YOUR FURNACE 103 MODIFYING A TRIPLE SLUICE DREDGE 104 New Aspects in Thiourea Leaching of Precious Metals 107 A BLACK SAND SEPARATOR 109 USING TEFLON WITH CYANIDE 110 PROSPECTING A RIVER 111 FIRE ASSAY VS. TORCH ASSAY 113 FINDING A LOST MINE 116 RECOVERY OF COARSE, FINE, & SUPER-FINE GOLD 118 FROM PLACER GRAVEL DEPOSITS 118 HOW MUCH CABLE FOR A WINCH 121 A Battery Charger Generator 123 A FEW NOTES ON FINE GOLD 124 ROTARY SCREENING PLANT 125 FOR ALLUVIAL GOLD RECOVERY FROM NEW ZEALAND 125 How Many Feet in a Reel? 128 DISCOVER & RECOVER THE NOBLE METALS 129 DRAIN YOUR WATER PUMPS 132 THE MICRON GOLD SLUICE 133 A MINER'S “SEA SAW” FOR BEACH SANDS 136 CHARGED MERCURY 138 BACK SAVER FOR A PICKUP 139 THE ACT OF LEACHING 140 Prospecting Adventure 142 Mining Claims Location and Assessment Work 143 SCREEN YOUR SUMMER FINDS 145 Light Weight Low Cost Dry Washer 147 Sampling and Repeatable Assay Results 148 The Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer 151 Recovery of Platinum from Used Contact Mass 153 A VERY SPECIAL BREED 157 California Gold Production 1848-1986 158 Chart - Color Scale for High Temperature Ranges 159 Teflon Tape 159 Charts - Melting Points & Weights of Common Metals 160 Chart for Pipe Problems 161 Conversion Charts 162 Man-Sized Waders 163 Gold Refining 165 Ultra Violet Light and Mercury or 166 How to make a mercury detector for ores 166 Water Soluble Values 167 A Crucible Holder for Pouring 168 The Lovett Mine in wenatchee, Wash. 169 MERCURY VAPOR TEST PAPERS 170 Action Mining Services Inc All rights reserved copyright ©2015 www.actionmining.com Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume II Table of Contents Volume II Building A Kangaroo Tank 171 Handling Lead 173 Field Test on the Universal Water Cyclone (Compound Water Cyclone) 175 The Centrifuge Concentrator 177 The Fusion Fire Assay 178 Lab Corner 179 "High Tech" Shovels & other things 181 Lightweight Dual Powered Dry Washer 183 The Chemistry of Gold 184 The Gold Wheel Fast-Feeder 185 Know Gold to Find Gold 187 Siphone Dredge: Low Cost Alternative to Power Dredges 188 Try A Gold Sandwich! 190 Save Your Back! 195 A Test Tube Filter 196 Whirlpool Concentrator 197 Let's Talk Clean-Up -Cylinder Mills 200 Prospecting for Scheelite - In a “Nutshell” 202 Method of Assaying Sulphide Ores for Au, Ag & Four Pt Metals 204 Lighting - "High Tech" & Low Tech Versions 205 The Amalgam Tube 206 Plans for GAMECo's Original Impact Mill 207 Suction Dredge for Non-Stoopers 208 The Hydraulic Riffle 208 Retorting Mercury 209 A Little Water from a Dry Desert 210 Ionic Values Require New Thinking 211 Action Mining Services Inc All rights reserved copyright ©2015 www.actionmining.com Popular Mining Magazine articles, Volume III Table of Contents Volume III Safety Data - Dangers In and Around Abandoned Mines 2 The Scrooper 3 Nifty Uses for Chain 4 A Soil Sampler 8 Idea Corner 9 Lab Corner 17 Electronic Methods of Prospecting 21 Water Valve Idea for a Rocker Table 23 Selecting a Prospecting Location 24 Grades, Slopes & Grade Resistance Chart 25 Safety Data - Lead & Your Health 26 Lab Techniques for Determining Pt Group Metals 28 Modified Low Cost Gravel Feeder 29 Importance of Sampling 30 A New Design for a Mini Sluice 31 Sampling Ore 33 Float Gold & the Bubble 35 Dowsing May Be For You 36 Dowsing May Be For You, Part II 38 Base Metal Oxides in Fire Assaying 40 Sweeping Mill Tailings 42 The Nug-Cup & PVC Header for Your Sluice 44 The Big Dipper - A Newer PVC Header 47 The “Mama Bear” Sluice & Tender 49 Prospecting and Mining Properties 53 Qs & As on Staking Mining Claims 55 A Bypass Gate Valve System 57 Detectors As A Tool in Mining and Prospecting 58 Gold Content of Water 61 On Improving Recovery 63 Using Preglazed Crucibles for PGM
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