You can’t make a silken purse out of a sow’s ear, but it seems like it would be simple to transform solid ore into streams of pure silver. You just melt it, right? Many assay shops in Aspen maintained ...

Zinc also has a higher melting point than lead, meaning that as the temperature of the mixture drops, the zinc solidifies, carrying along any silver it combined with while in the molten state.

Gold and silver have been on a tear since late June following dovish Bernanke comments, with an acceleration taking place in August. I was quite bullish on precious metals, calling for a gold melt ...

From the depths of a small Andean lake scientists have pulled up evidence of pre-Incan silver ... This process involved using wind to intensify charcoal-fueled fires that melted down a complex ore.