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Gold/Mining/Energy : Maxam Gold Corp. OBB:MXAM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Richard Mazzarella who wrote (8140)	5/3/1999 7:25:00 PM
From: Tim Hall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11603

Richard, As in Boy Scouting? Not for many years. I did mention that I inspected some mines at the Philmont Scout Ranch. ???? Tim

To: Richard Mazzarella who wrote (8140)	5/3/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Chuca Marsh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11603

TSP...see low at the last sentence: patents.ibm.com patents.ibm.com CLAIMS: [Hide claims]: We claim: 1. A process for recovering precious metal particles or small precious stones from an aqueous clay suspension containing said precious metal particles or precious stones in suspension with clay particles including: adding a sufficient amount of deflocculating agent to said aqueous clay suspension to cause deflocculation of the clay particles and produce a deflocculated suspension containing the precious metal particles or precious stones, allowing the deflocculated suspension to settle, and removing settled material containing the precious metal particles or small precious stones. 2. A process according to claim 1 wherein the aqueous clay suspension contains from about 1 to about 40% clay by weight. 3. A process according to claim 2 wherein the deflocculating agent comprises sodium tripolyphosphate. 4. A process according to claim 3 wherein the weight of sodium tripolyphosphate added is from about 0.03 to about 1% of the dry weight of clay in the suspension. 5. A process according to claim 1 wherein the precious metal particles comprise gold particles. 6. A process according to claim 5 wherein the gold particles are of a size in the range of from about 0.1 to about 5 millimetres. 7. A process according to claim 1 wherein the precious stones comprise diamonds. 8. A process according to claim 7 wherein the diamonds have a diameter in the range of from about 0.5 to about 10 millimetres. 9. A process according to claim 1 wherein the precious stones comprise sapphires. 10. A process according to claim 9 wherein the sapphires have a diameter in the range from about 5 to about 30 millimetres. 11. A process according to claim 1 wherein the precious stones comprise rubies. 12. A process according to claim 11 wherein the rubies have a diameter in the range of from about 5 to about 30 millimetres. Foreign References: none (No patents reference this one) This...above...is a term used for Landmark Patents. One of a kind. RE: sodium tripolyphosphate Maxam is using TSP- homepages.infoseek.com Comments, please. Chucka P.S.- From up in Alberta, Canada ( in the news last week or so.): Message 9292175