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Post by Jaga on Mar 24, 2006 12:47:52 GMT -7
We just had a visiting person who is working in a Gold mine in Nevada, 50 miles away from Elco. www.bgmi.comthey extract the gold by use of two different methods depending on the content of carbonaceous and sulfidic ores. In one of the methods - dry roaster - they extract up to 16,000 tones of material. My question is - how much gold is in one tone of the material? You would be surprised.... |
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Post by sciwriter on Mar 24, 2006 20:31:26 GMT -7
Jaga: How much? I understand that sea water also includes some gold. Carl
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Post by kaima on Mar 25, 2006 2:38:32 GMT -7
1.5 ounces? 6 ounces?
Another question:
Which is heavier, an ounce of gold or an ounce of butter?
Kai
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Post by Jaga on Mar 25, 2006 9:11:07 GMT -7
Kai,
you were close, this is only 0.2 onces of gold per 1 tone of the material. About 5 g, still it gives something about 50-100 kilo per day.
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Post by kaima on Mar 25, 2006 19:44:28 GMT -7
Ok, I cheated, I live in gold country and know the yields are shockingly low.
The question now is:
Which is heavier, an ounce of gold or an ounce of butter?
of if you prefer low calorie questions,
Which is heavier, an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers?
The answer is the same ...
Kai
Pretend master of arcane American units of measure
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Post by nancy on Mar 26, 2006 9:59:28 GMT -7
The question now is: Which is heavier, an ounce of gold or an ounce of butter? Which is heavier, an ounce of gold or an ounce of feathers? Jeepers, Kai .... I have to think about this as I climb down off the turnip truck - oh, wait, I've got it: an ounce of each = an ounce of each  The new question is: How many feathers in an ounce? Nancy the sarcastic ;D |
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Post by kaima on Mar 26, 2006 10:15:42 GMT -7
No brass ring and no cigar Nancy, but go to the corner for misplaced sarcasm...
The answer in a few hours, as tehre seems to be a lack of miners here!
kai the golden
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Post by hollister on Mar 26, 2006 12:30:16 GMT -7
I believe gold is measured in troy ounces which is only used for precious metals - for other things another system of weight is used - I would have to go do some google seaching to find the conversion - and the reason why ... Or I could be just making stuff up again.
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Post by leslie on Mar 26, 2006 14:01:35 GMT -7
Chris
A Troy ounce is 10% of the ordinary (avoirdupois) ounce.
Leslie
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Post by kaima on Mar 26, 2006 14:39:38 GMT -7
I believe gold is measured in troy ounces which is only used for precious metals - for other things another system of weight is used - I would have to go do some google seaching to find the conversion - and the reason why ... Or I could be just making stuff up again. ***Chris A Troy ounce is 10% of the ordinary (avoirdupois) ounce. Leslie *** Chris & Leslie, You decide who gets the brass ring and who gets the cigar, you are both winners. nancy, you can come out of the corner, saved by your new heroes.  Troy ounce is 31.103 grams ordinary, everyday Avoirdupois ounce is 28.350 grams that is twelve Troy ounces to the pound, 16 Avoirdupois ounces to the pound. Congratulations! My challenge was in writing Avoirdupois!  Kai |
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Post by nancy on Mar 26, 2006 16:03:39 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Mar 26, 2006 16:14:56 GMT -7
  Guess I get back on the turnip truck. Darn, you make it hard to be hard-hearted! I never would have noticed the sarcasm if you had not mentioned it, so I felt I had to do something to you so you would not feel negected for your nasty comment! No hard feeling, you get half a cigar for putting up with no nonsense. Well, then you owe us some cookies and milk for not knowing one ounce from another.... OK? All forgiven? Kai the Penitant |
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Post by bescheid on Mar 26, 2006 16:41:08 GMT -7
Nancy
Well, in the end, who cares, if gold, then we just spend what we have. But, the turnup wagen, now that is a diffent situation. When nothing is else is left, we can eat what is in the turnip wagen, and the horse if we can catch it. But, gold, who can eat gold.
Charles
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