Now that is interesting! And yeah, a video would be nice :) Where did you get that mercury?
On Feb 10, 3:44 am, Cobra007 <mic...@xiac.com> wrote: > Cool stuff! A video would have been better ;-) > > I actually never thought that it would be magnetic, don't really know > why but apparently it was correct :-). > > Michel > > On Feb 10, 1:31 pm, micha...@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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/) > > > Michail206-920-6312begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 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.
