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Ch. 18: loss Gold Quicksilver

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264                  LOSS OF GOLD AND QUICKSILVER.
The large losses at the Woodward and Eisenbeck claims are attributed to old and poor sluices and steep grades. For the year ending October 31, 1876, the loss of quicksilver at the same claims was as follows:
In 1882 the loss of quicksilver at the North Bloom-field mines, with a use of 1,000,000 inches of water, was 3,390 pounds.
The following table shows the total number of inches of water run, total corresponding amount of gold col­lected, and loss of quicksilver at the North Bloomfield mine from 1876 to 1882 inclusive :
TABLE XXXVI.
In rock sluices which are run long periods without cleaning up the loss of quicksilver is very great. The 24-foot undercurrents at French Corral and Manzanita mines
* Shut down by injunction four months.
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