US384682A - Process of obtaining the precious metals from speiss - Google Patents
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- 239000010970 precious metal Substances 0.000 title description 14
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title description 10
- PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N gold Chemical compound [Au] PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 229910052737 gold Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 239000010931 gold Substances 0.000 description 8
- 229910052709 silver Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
- 239000004332 silver Substances 0.000 description 8
- RQNWIZPPADIBDY-UHFFFAOYSA-N arsenic Chemical compound [As] RQNWIZPPADIBDY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052785 arsenic Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 4
- YEXPOXQUZXUXJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N oxolead Chemical compound [Pb]=O YEXPOXQUZXUXJW-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 4
- 238000003723 Smelting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910000754 Wrought iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011449 brick Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000001354 calcination Methods 0.000 description 2
- CWYNVVGOOAEACU-UHFFFAOYSA-N fe2+ Chemical compound [Fe+2] CWYNVVGOOAEACU-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011133 lead Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000002844 melting Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000005065 mining Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 description 2
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
- C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
- C22B5/00—General methods of reducing to metals
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- the invention relates to the speiss which accumulates at works where base ore is smelted, and contains about forty per cent. of arsenic and sixty per cent. of iron. There is usually about twelve dollars to the ton of gold and the same of silver. Hitherto no process has been found to eliminate a sufficient percentage of the precious metals to pay the cost. After treating some ten thousand tons and obtaining about eightysix per cent. of the precious met als, I find that my process is valuable and deserves to be protected by Letters Patent. At the works of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company this speiss has been accumulating for the past fifteen years, and has hitherto been regarded as worthless.
- the arsenic is burned and much heat given out, so as to augment the heat in the receiver.
- the molten mass of speiss and lead is now poured into a suitable pot, which is set aside to allow the lead, gold, and silver to be precipitated to the bottom, from whence they are drawn through a bottom hole.
- the gold and silver may then be separated from the lead in any of the well-known ways.
- Patent No. 336,792 describes forcing air through molten speiss and injecting litharge or granulated lead; but in practice the molten mass has been found only to produce a maximum of sixty-seven per cent. of the contained preciousmetals; hence I concluded that the molten mass was chilled by the lead, and in order to avoid this made my molten lead red-hot before it was poured into the molten speiss. This greatly lessens its calcination it otherwise would require preparatory to its desilverization.
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UNITED STATES PATENT -OFFICE.
LEWIS WILLIAM DAVIES, OF EUREKA, NEVADA. i
PROCESS OF OBTAINING THE PRECIOUS METALS FROM SPEISS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1%. 384,682, dated June 19, 1888.
Application filed November 16, 1887. Serial No. 255,330.
(No specimens.)
reka, in the county of Eureka and State of Nevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Process of Obtaining the Precious Metals from Speiss; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact'description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.
The invention relates to the speiss which accumulates at works where base ore is smelted, and contains about forty per cent. of arsenic and sixty per cent. of iron. There is usually about twelve dollars to the ton of gold and the same of silver. Hitherto no process has been found to eliminate a sufficient percentage of the precious metals to pay the cost. After treating some ten thousand tons and obtaining about eightysix per cent. of the precious met als, I find that my process is valuable and deserves to be protected by Letters Patent. At the works of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company this speiss has been accumulating for the past fifteen years, and has hitherto been regarded as worthless.
My process is as follows: The speiss is melted in the ordinary ore-smelting furnace," then drawn off through a trough lincdwith fireclay, and conducted into a wrought-iron receiver lined with fire-brick. In order to thoroughly mix the two molten substances lead and speiss-in the receiver, I subject them for about one minute to an air-pressure of about eighteen pounds to the square inch. I now pour into the receiver twenty-five per cent. of the weight of speiss of red-hot molten lead. The intermixed air causes the molten mass of lead and speiss to be in a continuous state of ebullition, so that the particles of dead are brought into contact with nearly all the particles of gold and silver. By means of the air-blast the arsenic is burned and much heat given out, so as to augment the heat in the receiver. The molten mass of speiss and lead is now poured into a suitable pot, which is set aside to allow the lead, gold, and silver to be precipitated to the bottom, from whence they are drawn through a bottom hole. The gold and silver may then be separated from the lead in any of the well-known ways.
I am aware that Patent No. 336,792 describes forcing air through molten speiss and injecting litharge or granulated lead; but in practice the molten mass has been found only to produce a maximum of sixty-seven per cent. of the contained preciousmetals; hence I concluded that the molten mass was chilled by the lead, and in order to avoid this made my molten lead red-hot before it was poured into the molten speiss. This greatly lessens its calcination it otherwise would require preparatory to its desilverization.
Having thus described all that is necessary I afiinity for the arsenic, and also lessens the y The method of separating precious metals from speiss, which consists in melting the speiss, then injecting molten lead intothe molten speiss, then thoroughly mixing them together, and, finally, allowing the mixture to stand until the lead and precious metals have been precipitated and are ready for removal, as described.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I
LEWIS WILLIAM DAVIES. Witnesses: J. L. WINES,. A. E. KAYE.
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US2703530A (en) * | 1951-11-27 | 1955-03-08 | Francis E Mcgee | Point detonating fuse |
US20050006799A1 (en) * | 2002-07-23 | 2005-01-13 | Gregg John N. | Method and apparatus to help promote contact of gas with vaporized material |
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US2703530A (en) * | 1951-11-27 | 1955-03-08 | Francis E Mcgee | Point detonating fuse |
US20050006799A1 (en) * | 2002-07-23 | 2005-01-13 | Gregg John N. | Method and apparatus to help promote contact of gas with vaporized material |
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