Mining and Milling Practices At Small Gold Mines

Information Circular 6800

July 1934

While mining has changed with advances in technology over the years, the processes of mining and milling on a small scale has changed very little. This Paper put out by the US Bureau of Mines covers the entire process including geology, ore shoots, faulting, development, stoping methods, cut and fill stoping, open stoping, Shrinkage stoping, timbered stopes, equipment, headframes, milling, flow sheets of amalgamation plant, gravity concentration, flotation plant, Cyanidation, Costs and more.

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