Safe alternative to cyanide

		Quote:			Posted by homefire
	Just like chucking a TV in the dump you have done no more.

I'm living in a 3rd world country, but we have special collection centers for electronic waste where such items are properly processed.

As it's a bit of a quiet Sunday evening, I'll expound a little on why I'm so interested in benign or less-harmful ways of processing precious metals.

I've seen first-hand the environmental damage caused by industrial-sized leach ponds. It's not a pretty sight. If done properly and with the proper safety measures in place, leaching is fine.

Years ago, I had a worker named Hakim. He was a bull of a man, diligent in his work, quick to laugh and in all respects an ideal employee and a decent guy. After several years in my employ, Hakim came up to me and in a bashful manner said that he would like to leave for awhile to try out some other job, and if it didn't work out, could he come back? I assured him that I'd always welcome him with open arms and wished him best of luck in his new venture. I calculated out his wages, paid him in full, gave him a ride to town, shook his hand and we parted ways. I did not ask him what his new job was as it was none of my business.

Several months later, I got word that Hakim had fallen ill. I won't go into too much detail, but thru my contacts, I eventually found out that he had fallen in with a group of people who mined gold and he had been assigned the lowest task of handling mercury, bare handed. He had become as mad as a hatter in the most literal sense. It was a damned waste of a good guy. I do admit feeling a tinge of guilt for not asking him what the new job was. Maybe I could have changed his mind or at least warned him of any potential dangers. But then again his gold fever may have deafened his ears.

Some time back I had posted in this forum a pdf article on extracting gold using borax. It didn't stop there. I had printed out some color copies and distributed them to people I thought were in need of such info. As most of those people do not read English (and very often are illiterate), the color photos and verbal explanation was essential. I don't know if it helped change anything, but I did what I could. I shall be following this alpha-CD method with great attention, not just for my personal benefit, but to help others avoid becoming another casualty like Hakim. If any of you know of new methods of gold extraction which are benign, please do let me know.



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Thanks Gramps. Jumped thru the hoops to get onto that group, approval pending. Having to join a group may discourage others from getting the info. Google found several Bromide methods, but the process and materials used may be too complicated and is still hazardous. All the same, I'll look into them.



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Lets See?   You already Drink Chlorinated Water.   They already Balance it with Muriatic Acid.   And the Problem Is?    You all have been watching too much Discovery Channel.


Back in the 70's Tucson was using Clorimide in the water.   It rotted out all the Copper Pluming in homes and Ice Makers in Refreges.   They paid through the nose on that one.

But that was Ok.    No one said anything about what it did to people.

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You know of course that this is a liberal plot to eliminate the excess population.  The greenie's scream the water is unsafe so the gov comes up with legislation to clean it up. Then the greenie's holler they trying to poison us and blames it on the conservatives.  It's vicious circle that was started,
aided & abetted by the liberal/commie/pinko's in the first place.

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Hobbyist...Anybody in this country who hasn't drunk the Obama brand of koolade is excess population. That includes conservatives, libertarians, independents and moderates.  Enough of these people were very disappointed in the Republican candidate that they either didn't vote or eeek voted for Obama. Those of you who live outside this country have your own fish to fry.

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