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Hydraulic Mining, Arthur Neustaedter
Hydraulic Mining, Arthur Neustaedter
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Hydraulic-mining has undoubtedly its origin in America and principally in the west, when gold was found in 1848 it was imbedded in strata of clay, land and gravel, the question arose how should we get it out of the clay and etc.? and here is the origin of hydraulic-mining. First there was used the simple “pan”, then something better was found, the “cradle,” and then it came to the “tom”, “sluice” and lastly to “hydraulic mining”, all of these come under the head of hydraulic-mining, but the last which bears that name is resorted to only in situations where the …