NobleMetalWorks
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I stumbled (literally, I was using stumbleupon) across a video on youtube that claims to show how you can extract gold using borax. I understand the purpose of using borax when you melt gold, for seasoning a crucible and attracting some contaminants, and for heating reasons etc. What I don't understand is how they can make this claim, when it seems like they are extracting the gold out of dirt material, recovering it, and the last part melting the gold into a button using borax. I was expecting to see some process totally different from others I have read about, but it just seems like a fairly common process. I don't see any borax being used to extract the gold, only to melt and maybe remove some impurities.
If I am missing something, can someone please explain it to me?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Sawj0HyF0&feature=related[/youtube]
If I am missing something, can someone please explain it to me?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6Sawj0HyF0&feature=related[/youtube]