Processing the gold is where the nasty chemicals like mercury and cyanide come in. In the past, gold from open pit mining was processed by heap leaching. Balzer says that process involved piling the ore on plastic- or clay-lined pads then dripping cyanide over the gold.
http://eugeneweekly.com/2011/09/22/coverstory.html
I believe we have the solution to this problem in Oregon, WE JUST HAVE TO SELL!!!!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it make since to sell our product maybe slightly below what we value it at just to get it out there for others to see how well it works?
ReplyDelete50% of something is better than 100% of nothing!
ReplyDeleteThe New 49'ers also dredge the Klamath River in Oregon. None of them have much success recovering the fine gold that they wash back into the river.
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