The Quicksilver Resources Of California Classic Reprint

Author : Albert Williams Jr
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781391539416
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Quicksilver written by Albert Williams Jr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Quicksilver: Abstract From 'Mineral Resources of the United States, Calendar Years 1883 and 1884" Present status of the industry. - The quicksilver industry is in a de pressed condition. The production has fallen off largely, but this has not had the effect of stimulating prices to a great extent, though just at the close of 1884 a slight improvement occurred. The leading causes of this depression are the sharp foreign competition in the markets of the world and the decrease in the demand for quicksilver in amalgamatin g mills. An important outlet for domestic quicksilver, the'manufacture of vermilion in China, is apparently closed for the present, the Chinese having obtained their supply in 1884 from other sources. For several years the few California mines in operation have either been worked with a slender margin of profit or at a loss; and one by one the list of producers has dwindled, the survivors being of course the richest and best equipped establishments. The New Almaden was the only one which paid a dividend in 1884. It cannot be said that the outlook for the immediate future is especially cheering. With many metallic prod ucts a cheapening in price means an increase in consumption as, for instance, in the case of copper, which finds a partial relief in the more extended field caused by the growing use of brass in the arts; or as with Bessemer steel, which is gradually supplanting other formerly cheaper materials of construction. The quicksilver consumption, on the contrary, is very inelastic. Important discoveries of gold and sil ver ores suitable for amalgamation would have a favorable effect on the quicksilver trade, but it is not likely that the amalgamation method will regain its former position in precious-metal metallurgy, as compared with smelting and leaching processes. New utilizations, such as those mentioned in a subsequent paragraph, may, however lighten the mar ket. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.