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The technique by which gold is extracted from its surrounding rock using mercury as the medium by which it is recovered. (It is an extremly harmful and dangerous method that was common practice in the gold rush days). The ground up ore is soaked in mercury and then burned to remove the mercury resulting in only pure gold remaining. (Note: mercury containing gold is referred to as an "amalgam").
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