Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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particles or concentrates of gold, together with the sand, pass through the
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holes into the trough which is placed under the frame, and after being
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collected are washed in the bowl.</
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>A box which has a bottom made of a plate full of holes, is placed over
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the upper end of a sluice, which is fairly long but of moderate width. </
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gold material to be washed is thrown into this box, and a great quantity of
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water is let in. </
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>The lumps, if ore is being washed, are mashed with an iron
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shovel. </
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>The fine portions fall through the bottom of the box into the sluice,
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but the coarse pieces remain in the box, and these are removed with a scraper
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through an opening which is nearly in the middle of one side. </
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amount of water is necessarily let into the box, in order to prevent it from
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sweeping away any particles of gold which have fallen into the sluice, the
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sluice is divided off by ten, or if it is as long again, by fifteen riffles. </
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riffles are placed equidistant from one another, and each is higher than the one
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HOE. F—RIFFLES. G—SMALL LAUNDER. H—BOWL WITH WHICH SETTLINGS ARE TAKEN
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AWAY. I—BLACK BOWL IN WHICH THEY ARE WASHED.</
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