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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Russell, Edward H. |
Collection Name: | Letters Regarding the Russell Process |
Inclusive Dates: | 1884-1886 |
Physical Description: | .1 linear feet |
Abstract: | Edward H. Russell was the inventor of the process for extracting silver from raw ore by lixiviation, using hyposulphite. Carbons of letters in bound letter copying book, written from May of either 1884 or 1885, to April of 1886. They are from Russell to various western mine managers, and about the advantages of the method. |
Collection Number: | MS 096 |
Language: | Materials are in English. |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Inventor of process for extracting silver from raw ore by lixiviation, using hyposulphite. This procedure was first successfully introduced in Sept. 1884 at Silver Reef, Utah.
Carbons of letters in bound letter copying book, written from May of either 1884 or 1885, to April of 1886. They are from Russell to various western mine managers, and tout the advantages of the method. Letters to Carl A. Stetefeldt, author of a book on the "Russell process," detail progress made in its implementation in various locations, including Silver City, New Mexico.
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Letters Regarding the Russell Process (MS 096). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Acquired as gift, 1968.
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