A Note on the Suitability of Quartzose Residues for Glass Manufacture

JSGT 1923 V07 T130-T131

The residues or tailings from the crushing of auriferous quartz for the extraction of gold are highly siliceous and as they are a waste product of considerable bulk, it appeared possible that they might be utilised as "sand" in the manufacture of common glassware in districts contiguous to ore treating plants where supplies of free sand are not cheaply obtainable.

W. J. Rees