Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              <s>A—HEAD OF THE SLUICE. B—SIDE-BOARDS. C—LOWER END OF THE SLUICE.
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              D—POCKETS. E—GROOVES. F—STOOLS. G—SHOVEL. H—TUB SET BELOW.
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              I—LAUNDER.</s>
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              <s>Some people cut a number of cross-grooves, one palm distant from each
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              other, in a sluice similarly composed of three planks eight feet long. </s>
              <s>The
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              upper edge of these grooves is sloping, that the particles of gold may slip into
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              them when the washer stirs the sand with a wooden shovel; but their lower
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              edge is vertical so that the gold particles may thus be unable to slide
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              out of them. </s>
              <s>As soon as these grooves are full of gold particles mixed
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              with fine sand, the sluice is removed from the stools and raised up on its
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              head. </s>
              <s>The head in this case is nothing but the upper end of the planks
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              of which the sluice is composed. </s>
              <s>In this way the metallic particles, being
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              turned over backward, fall into another tub, for the small stones and gravel
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              have rolled down the sluice. </s>
              <s>Some people place large bowls under the
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              sluice instead of tubs, and as in the other cases, the unclean concentrates are
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              washed in the small bowl.</s>
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              <s>The Thuringians cut rounded pockets, a digit in diameter and depth, in
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              the head of the sluice, and at the same time they cut grooves reaching from
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              one to another. </s>
              <s>The sluice itself they cover with canvas. </s>
              <s>The sand which </s>
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