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The Metallurgic Treatment Of An Ore For Lead And Silver, Arthur C. Carson

Bachelors Theses

"The metallurgic treatment of an ore for Lead and Silver….

The discussion of which will consist of the following steps;

1. Preparation of ore for smelting, which consists in roasting, and of the addition of fluxes such as will produce an easy flowing slag as the ... silicate
2. The Production of Crude Lead, which will contain the Silver
3. Extraction of Silver from the Crude Lead, which includes the retorting of the zinc-silver alloy and the cupellation of the rich lead
4. The Refining of the desilverized lead"--page 1.