How silver is mined

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  1. Kali Silver

    Kali Silver New Member

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    The following was posted on Ed Steer's Gold & Silver Daily that included a couple of excellent videos how silver is mined and refined.

    The good folks over at Endeavour Silver have made up this 2-part video about how silver is mined...and if you don't know anything about the silver mining process...these videos are a must watch. Both of them combined run less than 15 minutes. The link to Part 1 is http://www.youtube.com/embed/7kPWU-knyCk ...and Part 2 is http://www.youtube.com/embed/yGGUgC7V-vs
     
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    mikedm New Member

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    Awesome, would be great to visit one. Thanks mate.
     
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    That was tops... cheers. I used to work for a coal mining contractor when I was younger & never cared enough to take notice, but when you do take notice it's quite interesting & scientific.

    Then again coal mining is more or less "lets dig that black shit up & burn it..." which is rather primitive I guess :/
     
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    Really interesting to watch, so many chemicals and processes. You don't appreciate what goes into producing all this silver we own until you see something like that!
     
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    Slam Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Exactly, shouldn't the end product be worth more. Just the amount of effort that goes into it, and was it 2 parts in a million of dirt for the yield?

    Slam
     
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