Lo matshini usetyenziselwa ukuxuba i-mercury kunye negolide kunye nesanti emnyama, fumana i-amalgam yegolide. Emva koko galela i-amalgam yegolide kwi-mercury retort kwaye ufumane igolide ecocekileyo.
Omnye umgodi wegolide usebenzisa i-ball mill ukuba ibe nenkqubo yokudibanisa, kodwa Ekubeni ukuhlanganiswa kwizinga lokubuyisela ibhola lebhola liphantsi, ilahleko ye-mercury, imiba emikhulu efana neengozi zempilo kwindalo esingqongileyo kunye nabasebenzi ngoku banokusebenzisa okuncinci, kuphela ezinye zeendawo ezingasemva nazo zokusebenzisa umatshini we-Nianpan okanye i-ball mill ngqo i-amalgamator.
Nangona uninzi lwegolide ekugxininiso lwegolide oluphinde lonyulwa lukwimo ekhululekileyo, umphezulu wamasuntswana egolide usoloko ungcoliseka ngokwemilinganiselo eyahluka-hlukeneyo, kwaye enye igolide kunye nezinye iiminerali okanye imigulukudu ikwimo ephilayo. Xa ukhetha kwakhona i-concentrate yegolide kunye ne-cylinder yokuxuba i-mercury, iibhola zetsimbi zihlala zongezwa kwi-cylinder, kwaye ifilimu engaphezulu yeengqungquthela zegolide isuswa ngokusila kwaye i-particle yegolide iyahlukana kwi-continuum yokuphatha ubunzima beengqungquthela zegolide zamahhala kunye nomgangatho ococekileyo. Kwimeko yogxininiso lwesanti, iisilinda zokudibanisa ubunzima bokukhanya zisetyenziswa ngokubanzi, kwaye ubungakanani beebhola zokubetha buncinci. Xa isanti enzima igxile kumxholo ophezulu weegranuli eziqhubekayo kunye nokungcoliseka okunzulu komphezulu kwamasuntswana egolide kusetyenziswa, iisilinda zokudibanisa umsebenzi onzima zihlala zisetyenziswa.
| Uhlobo | Ubungakanani bangaphakathi | I-OreLoading (kg) | Isantya (r/min) | Amandla (kw) | Ubunzima beBhola (kg) | Ibhola yeDiya (mm) | |||
| Dia | Ubude (mm) | Umthamo (m3) | |||||||
| Uhlobo lokukhanya | 420 | 600 | malunga ne-0.3 | 50-90 | 20-22 | 0.75-1.5 | 10-20 | 38-50 | |
| Uhlobo olunzima | 0-31 | 600 | 800 | 0.233 | 100-150 | 22-38 | 0.3-2.1 | 150-300 | 38-50 |
| 0-3b | 750 | 900 | 0.395 | 200-300 | 21-36 | 1.7-3.75 | 300-600 | 38-50 | |
| 800 | 1200 | 0.60 | 300-450 | 20-33 | 3-6 | 500-1000 | 38-50 | ||