According to Scheffs description of Tausends process, 111 grams of lead

chloride was fused under paraffin with 60 grams potassium hydroxide.

Then more KOH was added, and the solution kept molten. The melt was
cooled under vacuum.

76 grams of potassium and 55 grams of sodium were fused under

paraffin, then 131.44 grams of mercury were added, and teh mixture
heated overnight, followed by another 365 grams of mercury. The
crystallized product was remelted.

17.4 grams of the lead chloride-KOH product was reacted with 5.4 grams
of K-Na-Hg to yield 5.4 grams of gold.

Another process employed 25.2 grams KOH and silica, heated on a

waterbath. After 5 minutes, 1.45 grams of iron oxide was added, and
another 3.15 grams of silica. The mixture was heated rd-hot for 90
minutes. Workup yielded 1.9 grams of gold.

Tausend also employed other reagents in his experiments, but it is not

known how or why they were used: ammonium carbonate, lime,
potassium nitrate, soda, borax, sulfuric acid, and potassium cyanide,
oxalic acid, uranyl nitrate, aluminum chloride, potassium arsenide, lead
sulfate, tin oxide, silica, and asbestos.