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Why Did Gold Rush Miners ROAST Their Quartz?

#gold #mining #history #goldrush #quartz The roasting of ore is an ancient technique, and was brought to the Victorian Goldfields by migrant miners. In this video we're going to take a closer look at the process of quartz roasting, checking out some very cool places along the way. --- Explore the Victorian Goldfields - https://www.goldfieldsguide.com.au/ Historical Gold Maps - https://historicalgoldmaps.com.au/ --- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING --- Quartz kiln image - Robert Kaufman De Re Metallica, Georgius Agricola, 1556 Mining models - Carl Nordstrom, 1858. Museums Victoria Chlorination diagram - SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 620 NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 19, 1887 Historical images - State Library Victoria, Trove Newspaper articles - Trove History of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company in connection with the Clunes mine. R. H. Bland. 1888. National Library of Australia John Woodland, Sixteen Tons of Clunes Gold: A History of the Port Phillip and Colonial Mining Company The Port Phillip Company's Quartz Works At Clunes, 1858 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar... Early Developments in Treating Pyritic and Refractory Gold Ores in Australia. KEN McQUEEN Burning of Poisonous Quartz, 1867 - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ar... HISTORIC MINING SITES IN THE MALDON MINING DIVISION, David Bannear. 1993 The History and Archaeology of the North British Mine Site, Maldon, Victoria. CHRISTOPHER J. DAVEY In-Ground Ore-Roasting Kilns on the Hauraki Goldfield, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand. P.R. MOORE and N.A. RITCHIE Report of the Royal Commission on Gold Mining, 1891 THE IDENTIFICATION OF MINING RELICS, Peter Milner GOLD: Its occurrence and extraction. Alfred G. Lock, F.R.G.S. 1882