CHAPTER XLVI.

EXTRACTING SILVER FROM THE ORE.

The Reduction-Works—Working the Machinery—The Batteries—Preparing the Ore—The Amalgamating-Room—Two Processes. 336

ASSAYS OF THE SILVER BULLION.

How Quicksilver Vanishes—Charging the Retorts—Ladling out the Molten Silver—How Assays are Made—Results. 346