Job Description:

• 1) Tends equipment that separates gold or silver from ground ore by mercury amalgamation process, using either of following methods: Turns valves or opens gates to regulate flow of ore and water over mercury-coated plates.

• 2) Adjusts angle of plates to facilitate collection of amalgam.

• 3) Scrapes accumulated amalgam from plates and coats plates with mercury.

• 4) Turns valves or opens gates to charge ground ore and mercury into rotating-type barrels or agitating-type tanks.

• 5) Starts equipment and observes accumulation of amalgam.

• 6) Discharges or drains barrel or tank to recover gold or silver amalgam.