Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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>A—TROUGH. B—ITS OPEN END. C—END THAT MAY BE CLOSED. D—STREAM.
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E—HOE. F—END-BOARD. G—BAG.
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with a small quantity of heavy sand, have settled in the trough, they wash
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in a bowl and collect in bags and carry away with them.</
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>Some people wash this kind of sand in a large bowl which can easily be
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shaken, the bowl being suspended by two ropes from a beam in a building.
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>The sand is thrown into it, water is poured in, then the bowl is shaken, and
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the muddy water is poured out and clear water is again poured in, this being
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>In this way, the gold particles settle in the back part
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of the bowl because they are heavy, and the sand in the front part because it
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is light; the latter is thrown away, the former kept for smelting. </
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>The one
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who does the washing then returns immediately to his task. </
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>This method
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of washing is rarely used by miners, but frequently by coiners and goldsmiths
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when they wash gold, silver, or copper. </
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three handles, one of which they grasp in their hands when they shake the
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bowl, and in the other two is fastened a rope by which the bowl is hung from
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a beam, or from a cross-piece which is upheld by the forks of two upright
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posts fixed in the ground. </
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>Miners frequently wash ore in a small bowl to test </
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