The Borax Method of Gold Extraction for SmallScale Miners
of mercury flour but argue that gold remaining in the tailings can be captured using cyanide. Unfortunately, Appel, NaOy. The Borax Method of Gold Extraction for SmallScale Miners. Abbreviations. Figure 1 — Mercury flour as <1 mm spheres in tailings. Spoon is ~3 cm long (This and all photographs credited to P. Appel, 2012)