[Jewelry making - Article 00135] - Re: [Orchid] Collecting gold with mercury

[R . E . Rourke]

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    having been to Doc's shop I can attest to his Laissez Faire (from
    the French, meaning to leave alone or to allow to do) attitude and
    use of chemicals which he has a grasp of in his rather laissez -faire
    way (from New Orleans Creole, meaning not to care -at all..or to
    trivialize) - it's not just theoretical chat folks- he cyanide bombs,
    he has mercury rolling around in a container, he has lots of things I
    inquired about the safety of (like the cyanide bombing pot without a
    lid next to the tanks of gas, and containers -open of course-in a bin
    that looked - dangerous at least, and hazardous at best with chemical
    crusts and salts all around everything that held or holds something!
    in way to small a space and with way to little air circulation in my
    opinion)..But the bottom line is He's still alive..Isn't it up to him
    how he chooses to perform his bench tasks..which from the evidence I
    saw he does very adeptly and customers keep coming back...that says a
    lot in itself..no one of them has (yet) died from having their ring
    bombed nor entering or exiting his shop!! By- the -way a travel tip;
    I would avoid going anywhere near the whole of Eastern
    Tennessee..(wink!)...rer


 
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