Placer mining

Our beloved city, Melbourne has celebrated her 180th birthday this year. One hundred and eighty years ago in June 1835, the tall ship Enterprize sailed up the Yarra River. Landing a party of five men, one woman, a cat, stores and livestock on the northern bank headed by John Batman. Recording in his diary John described what he saw: "About six miles up, found the river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village”. Thus a fledgling settlement had begun. For almost…

Mill in the year 1849. Due to these events, Wells and Fargo along with several New York investors began to create the company we all know now as Wells Fargo that would profit from this demand. Because of California’s camps that were isolated for mining, Wells Fargo had the idea to begin to first transport the loads of freight between the East Coast and these camps in July 1852. With the company’s engagement in banking, they also ensured to make high profits in the traffic of gold dust and…

Different families with different professions came out to the West for a better life in 1845. They faced struggles particularly in adapting to their new life, but they managed to get by and start a new life. Some adaptations made by the newly Westerners were shelter, professions, and lastly the danger and risks that come along with moving to the West. In particular Ranchers they were a group of people new to the west. The dangers and hardships to be overcame and adjusted to in that profession…

Guyana Frontier Mining Corporation (GMFC) is a public mineral exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V: GYG), and is focused on the exploration, discovery and development of precious metals deposits located within the South American country of Guyana. The company formerly Shoreham Resources Ltd came into operation in the year 1987 and began acquiring interests in Guyanese gold exploration properties in 2007. The company holds various rights to obtain working interest in…

Particle size plays an important role in evaluating the quality and performance of a mineral processing plant (Horiba 2014, 1). It also influences many of the properties of a particulate such as its reaction rate with some reagents. Particle size analysis is significant in determining the quality of ore grind and in establishing the degree of liberation of the valuable materials from the gangue (Haldar 2013, 227). This is done by mineral processing plants to ensure that the desired particle size…

California Gold Rush California gold rush was founded by James Wilson in January 1848 in the American river northeast of president day Sacramento while constructing a saw mill. This is every important event in California there is still even probably gold. Something like this might change how we see California. Some people might not care but gold is very expensive and can lead to big money. This discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspaper in March but caused a little stir but…

These mines are accessible to people with the use of heavy equipments and with the help of mining experts. However, there are laws regarding mining which one should follow before digging the minerals out. The Australian mining law is all about the exploration and extraction of all the minerals and petroleum in this country. It governs the all activities…

the mountains of Stava Italy and the minerals that came from the mountains were worth its weight in gold. One of the main minerals that were in such high demand in the chemistry industry was the fluorite mineral [1]. In 1961, in Stava, there were mining organizations in the mountains of the city looking and discovering many different sources of fluorite in the rock and sediment. Throughout the years of digging the material and minerals up, it caused sludge water and other toxic excrements to…

process of Gold mining in the United States. Both passages give detailed information. They give specific instructions.They also give interesting background about Gold mining. These passages also give detail for different points of views. In the passage,“There’s Still Gold in Those Hills” it explains how gold mining works and the step to gold mine. For example the quote “ a gold seeker looks for streams”. The reader can infer that water is an important factor in gold mining. So this…

The california gold rush began in 1849, but when the people first found the gold in Sacramento Valley it was 1848. Some people think that the American’s found gold the first but Mexican’s were actually the first to discover it. The gold didn’t really have value on its own. Many people, mostly men, died for looking for gold. These men were called gold miners and they’d travel by land or by sea. There was a total of two billion worth of gold that was taken from California in 1852. A man named…