Mining and Metallurgy of the Black Hills of South Dakota

Download or read book Mining and Metallurgy of the Black Hills of South Dakota written by Black Hills Mining Men's Association and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of "Papers Read Before The Black Hills Mining Men's Association At Their Regularly Monthly Meeting On The Mining and Metallurgy of the Black Hills Ores." Unavailable since 1904, this publication offers rare insights into the famous bLack Hills mining region of South Dakota. Topics include Mining and Milling Methods of the Black Hills, South Dakota Gold Production, Some Features of the Mining Operations in the Homestake Mine at Lead, South Dakota, The Metallurgy of the Ore in the Homestake Mine, Cyanidation of Black Hills Ores, Wet Crushing of Ores in Solution, Cyaniding Practices at the Maitland Mine, Pyrite Ores and Their Smelting, Matte Smelting, Mining in the Bald Mountain and Ruby Districts of the Black Hills of South Dakota and more. Lavishly illustrated with rare historical photographs. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.