GOLD IN THE WASTE.
OLD MEXICAN TAILINGS WOETH TO - .£i PER TON;. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright) (Bee. October 27,'9.5 p.m.) Mexico, October 27. Goldmining has been ' in; operation for a period of 300 years in. the; Zacatecas district of Mexico (capital Zacatecas found .in 1540 by Nuno' de Guzman)i Throughout that time, tailings from the crude reduction mills in use flowed' into Lagnna de Pedernalillo. ,'■ An American engineer analysed samples, of the bed of the lake, and found that the. tailings gave payable gold, yield being; esßmatyd; at £1 to £i per ton. . It is believed that millions of tons of tailings -a'nn.available, A concession has been secured.over portions of the late bed. ! ---- . -..,;'■ ■•■.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 649, 28 October 1909, Page 7
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112GOLD IN THE WASTE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 649, 28 October 1909, Page 7
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