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On Monday, Mar 31, 2003, at 15:00 Europe/London, Donata Brianta wrote: > Dear Prof. Dr. Eberhard Wachtler and Otfried Wagenbreth and friends of > the list, > I am looking for information on the life of the famous mining engineer > Guido Kustel (1817-82). I need to know something about the period from > his graduating in Freiberg (1837) to his emigration to California in > 1851 where he transferred barrel amalgamation silver process. Did he > train as a metallurgist in Halsbrucke near Freiberg? Was he the one > who modified the process (from cold to hot amalgamation) in Nevada in > the Washoe district? Or a certain Veach? > While waiting for your kind reply I send you my best regards. Sincerely > yours, > > Donata Brianta > > Presumably you've seen the references to him in C. G. Spence's fine book, 'Mining Engineers & the American West: The Lace-Boot Brigade, 1849-1933? Originally published by Yale Univ. Press; 1970. Pete Challis