[D8466N], Letter from Christopher A Pierce to Thomas Alva Edison, April 23rd, 1884
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- Title
- [D8466N], Letter from Christopher A Pierce to Thomas Alva Edison, April 23rd, 1884
- Editor's Notes
- you were once interested in black sand here (Snake River, Idaho), now there is project to mine and send by rail to smelting works to extract gold, do you think sand can be separate as per your experiments? # TAE marg "the gold in placer sands in snake river is free & mixed with white quartz and black magnetic sand - our machine will separate about 50 tons a day of the ------- sands in two parts one containing the magnetic sand the other containing white sand & gold. E"
- Author
- Pierce, Christopher A
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1884-04-23
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Ore exploration and mining
- Folder ID
- D8466-F
- Microfilm ID
- 76:662
- Document ID
- D8466N
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 76
- Item sets
- [D8466-F] (D-84-66) Mining