Some pictures of the little mercury I have. For some reason, I never thought that it would NOT be magnetic. Amazing how a penny and quarter will stand on end. (pic 904) Both float on the surface. If you push them to the bottom, they will stay. I should probably clean it up (lots of foreign material floating on the surface). Funny watching a magnet drag black sand through it. Strange stuff. Quite heavy as well. Sorry, no scale. _http://michail.com/mercury/_ (http://michail.com/mercury/) Michail 206-920-6312
In a message dated 2/9/2012 5:58:45 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, mic...@xiac.com writes: Nice one Lucky. A couple of years we visited "Old Mogo Town" http://www.oldmogotown.com.au/ The gold was extracted from the rocks exactly how you describe it. I also raised the question there about the mercury used. According to the guide, they did know at that time already that mercury wasn't good for you in those quantities but the people who worked the closest to the mercury had very high pays and would only do so for about 6 months. Michel On Feb 10, 12:47 pm, Lucky <dave.lucky.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > On my of my visits to Western Australia I went to a place called > 'Paynes Find' owned by a then 62 year old woman. There she operates > 'paynes find gold battery' the only battery in WA. Starting from her > grandfather she owns and operates a 100 year old machine that crushes > gold ore by battering them with huge logs acting as hammers connected > to a belt driven wooden cam. The crushed ore slurry is then poured > over a large mercury-wetted copper plate sluice gold particles bond > with the mercury and become an amalgam. The mercury is constantly > scrapped off/renewed from the copper plate and then BOILED off to > extract the fine gold particles and the mercury condensed and reused. > > The only heath and safety equipment being a pair of gloves to handle > the hot containers! No sealed containers, no 'safe room' all just done > in a tin building/open air, just kettles and glass containers! I asked > Mrs Taylor if she thought about the safety concerns her reply was > alone the lines of 'Mercury, pah! Her, her grandfather, her father > and all their siblings had done this since 1939 and all lived a > healthy long life!' Not a care in the world, she still daily climbs > down rope ladders, sets dynamite, blasts and extracts gold ore herself > as well as crushing for any prospectors who arrive. She also always > takes a bucket with her when taking her dogs for a walk as she > generally find a few gold bearing rocks 'laying around' the bush! > > I have just read (see link) that she has recently sold her gold-mining > tenements to the tune of AU$3 million + shares and options, not a bad > retirement fund at 67 I guess, the battery is now a museum.http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/west-australian-familys-g... > Some good pictures in the slide show > > > > > > > > > There's a class action law suit being launched in the USA (where > > else!) claiming injury due to the mercury in tubes/valves, > > specifically rectifiers. Several "surplus"-type suppliers are > > mentioned. > > > No-one has raised the spectre of nixies, most of which contain > > mercury. Just some joyous thing for those of you who sell them > > commercially to be aware of! > > > "http://www.cascadesurplus.com/lawsuit/ > > > A number of popular suppliers are named in the lawsuit, including > > Antique Electronic Supply, Allied Electronics, Angela Instruments, MCM > > Electronics, VacuumTubes.com, Surplus Sales of Nebraska, and Triode > > Electronics, to name a few. Ebay had also been named a defendant, but > > they successfully moved to get dropped from the case because they do > > not manufacture vacuum tubes." > > > Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
