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Metadata
Title |
METALLURGICAL, East Cyanide, Interior Views |
Date |
1954-1959 |
Description |
Series of images of the interior of the East Cyanide building. 176-1: Two men standing in front of a sluicing tank. 176-2: The bottom of the photograph reads "Sluicing, Cyanide No. 1, Tank capacity 670 tons". There is a man who is holding a hose in one of the tanks. 176-3: The bottom of the photograph reads "Sluicing, Cyanide No. 1". There is a man holding a hose that is spraying into a tank. 176-4: The bottom of the photograph reads "bottom cyanide tank, Cyanide #1". There is a man inside the tank, spraying it out with the hose. 176-5: The side of the photograph reads "cone floor, cyanide sand plant no. 1". 176-6: The bottom of the photograph reads "solution vat, cyanide sand plant no. 1". 176-7: The bottom of the photograph reads "solution vat, cyanide sand plant no. 1". 176-8: View of a tank with a lid on, 1954 176-9: Photograph from Sharp Bits, July 1957, sluicing of residue sands in the cyanide operation at Homestake. After the cyanide solution has dissolved all the soluble gold, the sands are removed from the vat by sluicing. The water distributed over the sand area by the revolving machine here, slowly washes the sand from the vat through the gate at the vat center. Four additional side gases at the quarter points assist in removal of the bottom sand layers. Near the center gate is a section of the filter canvas which has bubbled up from the air entrapped under the canvas. 176-10: View of the interior of a tank. There are small pipes with liquid flowing out of them. 176-11: View of a tank. 176-12: The side of the photograph reads "cone floor, cyanide sand plant no. 1". 176-12A: The bottom of the photograph reads "Cyanide Treatment Tank, Cyanide #1". 176-13: Man using a rake in the cyanide treatment tank. 176-15: Man turning a valve. 176-17: Man is using a cup to scoop a substance, 1957. 176-18: Interior of Cyanide plant with a view of various tanks. 176-19: Interior of Cyanide plant with a view of various tanks, 1956. 176-20: Interior of Cyanide plant with a view of various tanks. 176-21: Man using a wrench on the of the tanks. 176-22: Four men inside a tank, 1957. 176-23: Three men working. One is standing holding a large wooden plank, one is kneeling holding an item, and the third man is holding a hammer. 176-24: Man is holding a trowel, 1959. 176-25: Two men are measuring an object. 176-26: Three men constructing walls of a tank. 176-27: View of wooden walls of a tank. 176-28: Three men constructing walls of a tank. 176-29: Three men constructing walls of a tank. 176-30: Three men constructing walls of a tank. 176-31: Seven men working. 176-32: Three men working. 176-33: Six men are working, one of them is dumping a wheelbarrow. 176-34: Two men working. 176-35: Four men are working, one of them is dumping a wheelbarrow. 176-36: Two men constructing walls of the tank. 176-50: Interior of Cyanide plant with a view of various tanks. |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 176 |
Print size |
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Search Terms |
1950s Construction Cyanide Plant Cyanide Plant No. 1 Homestake Cyanide Plant #1 Homestake Mining Company Men |