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cyanide process

(Encyclopedia) cyanide process or cyanidation, method for extracting gold from its ore. The ore is first finely ground and may be concentrated by flotation; if it contains certain impurities, it may…

East Coolgardie Goldfield

(Encyclopedia) East Coolgardie GoldfieldEast Coolgardie Goldfieldk&oomacr;lgärˈdē [key], Western Australia, SW Australia. It is the richest gold field in Australia. The chief mining center is the…

Obuasi

(Encyclopedia) ObuasiObuasiōbwäˈsē [key], town (1984 pop. 60,617), S central Ghana. Highly concentrated gold ore is mined, and there are gold-extraction plants. Gold was mined in Obuasi by indigenous…

Goldfield

(Encyclopedia) Goldfield, small town, SW Nev., a former gold-mining center. Gold was discovered there in 1902, and after an early period of disappointment, large yields of high quality gold were…

Mother Lode

(Encyclopedia) Mother Lode, belt of gold-bearing quartz veins, central Calif., along the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The term is sometimes limited to a strip c.70 mi (110 km) long and…

Au

(Encyclopedia) Au, symbol for the element gold.

Joyner-Kersee, Jackie

(Encyclopedia) Joyner-Kersee, JackieJoyner-Kersee, Jackiejoiˈnər-kûrˈzē [key], 1962–, American track and field athlete, b. East St. Louis, Ill. One of the world's best all-around women athletes, she…

Biles, Simone Arianne

(Encyclopedia) Biles, Simone Arianne, 1997–, American gymnast, b. Columbus, Ohio. Known for her consistency and the high degree of difficulty of her routines, she was the first gymnast to win three…

Kirkland Lake

(Encyclopedia) Kirkland Lake, mining town, E Ont., Canada. An important gold-mining center, gold was discovered there in 1911 and again in the 1980s at Harker. The mining of iron ore and tourism are…