[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"
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Date
1884-04-23
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
D8466-F
Microfilm ID
76:662
Document ID
D8466N
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University