In Tubac, Arizona, we found an extremely early ore roasting oven (from the
1750s). But there they were looking for silver, not gold. Most of the
Spanish silver mines used mercury (yum!!).
Let's get together in Atlanta anyways. 8-)
At 03:05 PM 12/8/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Geez, I was just thinking how much fun it would be to get all the HISTARCH
>gang together in Atlanta and have a little Gold Roast. But if we have to
>cook pot-luck dinners with cyanide and chlorine...forget it! I'll go for
>chicken nuggets instead.
>
>Dan Mouer
>Virginia Commonwealth University
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