Tmackalaska
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I will jump right into my problem and hope someone can help me. a friend and I had alot gold Mixed in with black sands. My friend said he had some mercury that we could add to the black sands that could collect the gold and then recover the gold from the mercury. He assured me that he had done this many times before and knew the process. After we collected the mercury from the black sands he squeezed the mercury through syringe that he had added small pieces of cotton balls to. We ended up with a bunch of mercury colored buttons. He then added those buttons to a crucible and added borax. Needless to say he obviously didn’t know what he was doing and we ended up with a blob of smelted gold in dark red/brown borax glass. Before letting him go any farther I made the decision I should have in the beginning and decided to do my own research. the Total weight with the glass is a little over two try ounces. So I am assuming that it will still be worth it to recover from the glass.
can anyone tell me how to recover my gold from the borax glass? I would prefer not to have to use chemicals. I do have crucibles and a furnace. Also,If someone can point me in the direction for research on recovering the rest of my alga-mated gold/mercury. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. I will also upload pictures as soon as I can.
can anyone tell me how to recover my gold from the borax glass? I would prefer not to have to use chemicals. I do have crucibles and a furnace. Also,If someone can point me in the direction for research on recovering the rest of my alga-mated gold/mercury. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. I will also upload pictures as soon as I can.