Washing Ore To Extract Gold
by Universal History Archive/uig
Title
Washing Ore To Extract Gold
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Universal History Archive/uig
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Photograph - Photograph
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Washing ore to extract gold. Water fed into sieve (2) containing ore. Muddy solution fed along wooden collecting troughs, often lined with dark woollen cloth: gold separated out on the way. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt of 1580. Copperplate engraving
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June 27th, 2016
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