Overlooked Fortunes Page 3

Or tantallte, which looks like black iron, or microlite which looks like brown iron.Both are valuable ores of the element Tantalum which is worth big bucks for the contained tantalum and that some ores may contain tantalum as mined.

Or what about those black brown or red nodules which you have been calling "magnetite" or "hematite;" are you sure they are not cassiterite, the main ore of the element Tin which Is worth $$$ a pound for the contained tin, and thus 50% ore, which is not unusual, is worth $$$$.

Or what about those white or gray particles which stuck in your gold pan, which looked like white iron, and which you threw away with tears in your when you found my were not silver but are worth plenty an ounce; they were found to be Platinum, Palladium, Iridium or other minerals of the platinum group, and worth big $$ an ounce. Many a prospector has starved out on the Big Five Trail looking cents an ounce silver-while throwing away $$ or more, an ounce Platinum minerals!

Or that other silver-white "stuff," which you analyzed (with a glass) and called it just “white iron" and threw it but away; but are you sure it was not Tellurium? If it was it contain plenty of dollars or more per ton in gold or silver--and never see a color in a gold pan!

Or that other silver-white stuff which you called just more white iron;" but are you sure it was not Niccollte which may contain 43.9% Nickel? Or cobaltlte or smaltite which may contain 28% to 35% Cobalt? Or tetrahedrite (gray copper) which may contain 34.5% copper-and maybe 1000 or more ounces of silver per ton? Or bismuthinite which may contain 61.2% bismuth worth $$.

Or what about that yellow "bronzy stuff” which you "just knew" was iron pyrites, so got rid of it pronto before anyone accused you of thinking it was gold. But are you sure it was not pyrrhotite which may be a valuable ore of Nickel; or maybe Platinum; or maybe Palladium; or may have shown: good values in gold if you had first roasted it before panning. Or are you sure it was not sperrylite which may contain 58.5% Platinum? Or may contain a hall-dozen or more other elements which may look lust like iron pyrites as explained elsewhere. You have learned by experience "Ah that Is yellow is not gold"--it is now time to learn and add, "Neither is it always Iron Pyrites"--then test it out to make sure. Only a chemical test will tell!

Or what about that greyish-black stuff which stained your fingers and which you called "just low grade Manganese"; are you sure it was not molybdenite, the chief ore of the element Molybdenum, like the stuff they mine at Climax, perhaps the most valuable mine in Colorado!

Or what about that red or brown rock with the black specks, which your "expert" friend classified as "Biotite Granite?" He may have been right on the granite part but are you sure those black specks were not cassiterite, and maybe a high-grade Tin ore? Or maybe columbite, tantalite, samarskite, or a dozen other rare minerals which may be found as black particles in granite? The "free" advice of the "experts," either friends or strangers, who can tell you all about your rocks, but never find anything of value themselves has been the cause of many an "overlooked fortune!”

We could go on and on: these are Just a few of the 300 or more minerals, rocks or ores which may contain one or more of the 4O elements covered in DUKE'S "QUICK QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS"--the new modern method of hunting finding and identifying of modern minerals.

Results: By following the new copyrighted "Method of Procedure" given there, if any one or more of the elements listed on this page were present in any of the minerals listed: or in any rock or ore picked up anywhere in the world-you would find and identify them; regardless of what any rock or ore may look like, its name, physical properties, impurities or where found--or whether you had ever seed or even heard of them before or not! Elsewhere we will tell you and show you how all these things may now be quickly and accurately brought about.

The 40 "Keys" to the Treasure Vaults of Nature

Using the Keys

Note: We will now show how, by using the proper keys,” we bring about the characteristic colors of the individual elements, and thus their identification.

EXAMPLE: Vanadium is an element: for the keys of its identification, proceed as follows

1. Place a little Vanadium, or any rock or ore containing Vanadium, in a porcelain dish or test tube.
2. Add a few drops of cold hydrochloric acid.

Results: The element Vanadium will cause the acid to turn Red! As no other element but Vanadium will give this same reaction (red color), under these same conditions (cold hydrochloric acid), we have the key to its identification!
Final Results: If we were to take any unknown rock or ore, picked up anywhere in the world, proceeded as above and got a red color, we would know the element Vanadium was in that rock or ore, regardless of what it looked like, or whether we had ever seen a Vanadium ore or not, and thus we no longer have to know what any Vanadium rock or ore may look like! And so it is with all the other elements--by using proper keys, as given in Duke's "Quick Qualitative Analysis.”

Old Method: By the old method, you took your rock or ore, examined it with a magnifying glass, then proceeded to try to Figure out by its physical properties, such as color, specific gravity, hardness, etc., which one of the 5,000 known and classified rocks it resembled in order to know what element or elements to test or have it assayed for. If you "guessed" it might be a Vanadium ore, you then proceeded to test or have it assayed for Vanadium; if no Vanadium, you then proceeded to "guess" and test or have it assayed for something else. Results: if it did not contain what you "guessed" it might, you threw it away as "worthless." and so maybe tossed away a fortune--simply because you did not "guess" the right thing!

Our System: By our system, we do no "guessing"! In our new copyrighted "Method of Procedure" in Volume Two, the tests are all arranged in a systematic order by which we identify each of the 40 elements-when we come to their particular test! This is the Secret of Success with our system --not found in any other book ever published! It is this "Method of Procedure" which dozens of men paid $25 to learn under our personal instructions in our laboratory and school, which you now get in Volume Two!

Procedure: In this you just simply take your rock or ore,(any rock or ore regardless of what it may look like), and powder up a little of it as fine as possible. You then start right in at Test No. 1 in the "Method of Procedure." then proceed to make each additional test just as given until you have completed your analysis for all the 40 elements covered there.

Results: In Test No. 1 you identify the two elements Vanadium and Manganese (any ores), and also catch the Sulphides and Carbonates. In Test 2 you identity Molybdenum Lead and Molybdenum oxide (any ores). In Test 3 you identify Tellurium and Tungsten (any ores). In Test 4 you identify Tin (any ore). And so you continue until you have completed your analysis for all the 40 elements!

Final Results: If any of the 40 elements covered there are present in your rock or ore, you will find and identify them-when you come to their particular test--regardless of what your rock or ore may look like, or whether you know anything whatever about minerals or ores or not!

Semi-quantitative: These tests are all semi-quantitative, the brighter the color the more of the element present, so we know instantly and accurately if poor, fair, or good, before paying out money for quantitative assays!

How we do it: We will give a few examples from our "Method of Procedure;" showing how plainly the tests are written: how easy they are to understand and follow; why any average 14 year old boy can do it, and why no previous knowledge of chemistry is required: as all chemicals are in labeled bottles, you simply take quantities as given, and follow the instructions for using.

Go to Page 4