In a message dated 4/3/00 5:52:12 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< Borax is not used in the Fire Assay process for Gold & Silver. >>
I beg to differ.
Bugbee, Edward E., A Textbook of Fire Assaying, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden, 1940 gives a complete explaination of how borax is used in fire
assaying for Gold and Silver.
Mason
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