US8729A - Improved process for dissolving gold - Google Patents
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- US8729A US8729A US8729DA US8729A US 8729 A US8729 A US 8729A US 8729D A US8729D A US 8729DA US 8729 A US8729 A US 8729A
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- 229910052737 gold Inorganic materials 0.000 title description 36
- 239000010931 gold Substances 0.000 title description 36
- PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N gold Chemical compound [Au] PCHJSUWPFVWCPO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 title description 34
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 title description 4
- VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M chloride anion Chemical compound [Cl-] VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 28
- 239000004576 sand Substances 0.000 description 28
- KZBUYRJDOAKODT-UHFFFAOYSA-N chlorine Chemical compound ClCl KZBUYRJDOAKODT-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 14
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 14
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 8
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 8
- 235000002639 sodium chloride Nutrition 0.000 description 8
- 239000011780 sodium chloride Substances 0.000 description 8
- 239000000460 chlorine Substances 0.000 description 6
- 229910052801 chlorine Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N chlorine atom Chemical compound [Cl] ZAMOUSCENKQFHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- ZKQDCIXGCQPQNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Calcium hypochlorite Chemical compound [Ca+2].Cl[O-].Cl[O-] ZKQDCIXGCQPQNV-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- SUKJFIGYRHOWBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sodium hypochlorite Chemical compound [Na+].Cl[O-] SUKJFIGYRHOWBL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfuric acid Chemical compound OS(O)(=O)=O QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 4
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 4
- QSHDDOUJBYECFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N mercury Chemical compound [Hg] QSHDDOUJBYECFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 4
- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium chloride Chemical compound [Cl-].[K+] WCUXLLCKKVVCTQ-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 230000001376 precipitating Effects 0.000 description 4
- 150000003839 salts Chemical class 0.000 description 4
- KEAYESYHFKHZAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N sodium Chemical compound [Na] KEAYESYHFKHZAL-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 229910052708 sodium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 4
- 239000011734 sodium Substances 0.000 description 4
- FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M sodium chloride Chemical compound [Na+].[Cl-] FAPWRFPIFSIZLT-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 235000011149 sulphuric acid Nutrition 0.000 description 4
- 239000001117 sulphuric acid Substances 0.000 description 4
- BVKZGUZCCUSVTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Carbonic acid Chemical compound OC(O)=O BVKZGUZCCUSVTD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 244000039154 Erica Species 0.000 description 2
- 240000002027 Ficus elastica Species 0.000 description 2
- 239000000899 Gutta-Percha Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229920000588 Gutta-percha Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 240000000342 Palaquium gutta Species 0.000 description 2
- 239000003513 alkali Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000001914 filtration Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000010419 fine particle Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910000359 iron(II) sulfate Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000004519 manufacturing process Methods 0.000 description 2
- 229910052753 mercury Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 238000005065 mining Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229920001195 polyisoprene Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 229940072033 potash Drugs 0.000 description 2
- ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N potassium Chemical compound [K] ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 229910052700 potassium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000011591 potassium Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000015320 potassium carbonate Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L potassium carbonate Substances [K+].[K+].[O-]C([O-])=O BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 2
- 238000010079 rubber tapping Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000000926 separation method Methods 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
- C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
- C22B1/02—Roasting processes
- C22B1/08—Chloridising roasting
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- the nature of my invention consists in subjecting the fine particles of native gold which are contained in the ore or sand to the action of chlorine gas, when this is absorbed by water or by an alkaliin the fluid state, or by another chlorine metal-for instance, chloride of iron-and thus form a solution of the chloride of gold, either for itself alone or in combination with a chloride of an alkaline nature, (or electropositive nature,) and by this Way separate the gold from the sand or mixture in which it was contained.
- a flexible tube made of india-rubber or gutta-percha, through which the chlorine gas from the apparatus where it is being manufactured is conducted into the barrels, while those are kept at the same time in a state of constant motion.
- those barrels had previously a quantity of sand or ore containing gold been put, together with a quantity of water sufficient to fill the barrels halffull.
- chloride gas in a mining district, it may be made easily from chloride of lime and sulphuric acid in the same barrel in which the sand or ore with the particles of gold is contained, and while this barrel is manipulated upon, by putting a solution of the chloride of lime or the chloride of soda or potash: in the barrel with the water and sand and adding from time to time small quantities of sulphuric acid.
Description
NITE STATES ATENT Erica.
GHARLES a. SPIEKER, OF new YORK, n. Y.
Specification forming part of LcttersP atent No. 8,729, dated February 10,1852; antedated August 10, 1851.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that '1, CHARLES F. SPIEKER, ot' the city and State of New York, have invented a new and improved method oi extracting gold from the ore and sand in which it is found; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description.
The nature of my invention consists in subjecting the fine particles of native gold which are contained in the ore or sand to the action of chlorine gas, when this is absorbed by water or by an alkaliin the fluid state, or by another chlorine metal-for instance, chloride of iron-and thus form a solution of the chloride of gold, either for itself alone or in combination with a chloride of an alkaline nature, (or electropositive nature,) and by this Way separate the gold from the sand or mixture in which it was contained.
To enable others skilled ill the arts and sciences to make use of my invention, I will proceed to describe its operations and execution.
I take any vessel of convenient sizesay, barrels of forty or sixty gallons, which can be so well closed as to preventthe escape of the chlorine gas-to which I put such a me chanical fixture that its contents can be violently shaken or moved. Having such barrels in slings from a horizontal beam will be found to answer perfectly well. To these barrels I attach a flexible tube, made of india-rubber or gutta-percha, through which the chlorine gas from the apparatus where it is being manufactured is conducted into the barrels, while those are kept at the same time in a state of constant motion. In those barrels had previously a quantity of sand or ore containing gold been put, together with a quantity of water sufficient to fill the barrels halffull. The chlorine gas now entering the barrels is beingabsorbed by the watera-nd brought in contact with the gold, which it dissolves, forming a solution of the chloride of gold, which may be easily separated from the sand by filtering or tapping the liquid oh" the sand when it has settled to the bottom of the sand. If .the gold from one quantity of sand or ore has been extracted and the liquid contains yet a quantity of free chlorine gas, itis poured upon a new quantityof sand or ore and the of an electro-positive nature, such as an alkaline chloride or chloride of iron. The chloride of gold receives more permanency in this way, which is of considerable importance for the success of the operation. For this purpose I dissolve a quantity of common salt (the chloride of sodium) in the water previously,
into which the chlorinegas is being con-' ducted; or I put into it a quantity of the chloride of soda or potash, which forms then a double salt with the chloride of gold. Other metals contained in a native state in the sand or oresnch as copper or quicksilver (mercury-arc likewise dissolved by this process by means of the chlorine gas, and may be separated from the sand in the same way, and precipitated,either alone or with the gold, by PI'GOlIJilflhlllg the gold first with copperas, or by precipitating with metallic iron and separating them afterward. To avoid the inconvenience of manufacturing chloride gas in a mining district, it may be made easily from chloride of lime and sulphuric acid in the same barrel in which the sand or ore with the particles of gold is contained, and while this barrel is manipulated upon, by putting a solution of the chloride of lime or the chloride of soda or potash: in the barrel with the water and sand and adding from time to time small quantities of sulphuric acid. If an excess of chloride of 'soda or potash is left to remain in the barrels, or if common salt is added to the water, the double salt of chloride of gold and chloride of sodium 'or potassium will likewise be formed.v The separation of the sand'from the solution of gold 'as well 'as other metals is the same, as likewise the precipitating of the gold or mercury or copper from the solution. v 1
What Ivclaim now as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The separating of-gold from its ores, sands,
or mixtures in suitable apparatus by the use of .free chlorine gas, when absorbed by water alone, or by water in combination with an alkali or an alkaline, earthy, or metallic chloride containing an excess of chlorine, as set forth in the specification.
vCHARLES F. SPIEKEB'. Witnesses:
H. MALESANDER, Y J. H. GUMMms.
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