BET YOUR ASSAY - Mining Terms Explained

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BET YOUR ASSAY - Mining Terms Explained

An SI Board Since March 1997

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Emcee: POLARBEAR	Type: Unmoderated

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113	Actually... perhaps the more common use of the term "mud" is for that	Stephen Bedingfield	-	4/21/1997
112	There are a couple other common bush names for LEVERITE but as this is a public	Walt	-	4/21/1997
111	AKA-Leave it RIGHT THERE! But the funny thing I have invested in ....<b>	Chuca Marsh	-	4/21/1997
110	Walt: Leaverite, sounds like bait to me, that may mean you could be seen as a	Richard Warren	-	4/21/1997
109	Thats called LEAVERITE :)	Walt	-	4/21/1997
108	I can't take it any more!!!!	Alex	-	4/21/1997
107	You may not believe it but it does have a geological definition. In grain size	Walt	-	4/21/1997
106	Polarbear\Walt: Thanks to both of you. It's all as clear as mud now. By the	Alex	-	4/21/1997
105	You did pretty good polarbear. Geology like any profession or science has some	Walt	-	4/21/1997
104	Hi Alex, my knowledge of mining is limited and all self taught--but I do have	POLARBEAR	-	4/21/1997
103	Polarbear: I'm new at this so excuse my inexperience. Could you or someone	Alex	-	4/21/1997
102	Or stripping ratio can refer to how much a stripper has left on!!!!!!!! Tailing	Walt	-	4/15/1997
101	TAILINGS: Material rejected froma mill after most of the recoverable valuable	POLARBEAR	-	4/15/1997
100	STRIPPING RATIO: The ratio of tonnes removed as waste relative to the number o	POLARBEAR	-	4/15/1997
99	Ole 49r. I didn't mean to suggest there was actually a legitimate 'flux	Junaidi	-	4/10/1997
98	Junaidi, must of read the 11 posts I refered to as docs in my Post#1 of "A	Chuca Marsh	-	4/9/1997
97	Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Junaidi...there is no such thing as (I quote)<i>"flux	IngotWeTrust	-	4/9/1997
96	Salting! Like most people I have been consumed thinking about the Bre-X 'pr	Junaidi	-	4/9/1997
95	Placer mining involves recovering the free gold from the sands and gravels of a	Walt	-	4/8/1997
94	Hi, I believe that placer mining is the recovery of deposits in river banks. C	stickleback	-	4/8/1997
93	Thanks Joe, This means that the best result reported by Freeport (60 ppb) at Bu	Junaidi	-	4/7/1997
92	11 ppb is correct according to: Reference: A. DEMAYO, Handbook of Physics and	Joe Champion	-	4/7/1997
91	Joe, That figure of 11 parts per billion sounds too high. Are you sure it is no	Junaidi	-	4/7/1997
90	Walt's "GOLD IN SEWAGE" Actually you are correct in the sense th	Joe Champion	-	4/7/1997
89	Here are three points to contemplate GOLD IN SEWAGE: I have never been able t	Walt	-	4/7/1997

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