Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 294
oon aspossible,—that is, to the rocky floor upon whichthe gravel has been drifted and piled, for thereason that in the process of that drifting the goldhas a chance to fall through the bowlders and siltdown to the bed-rock. He will tell you that it ispaved with a sheet of solid gold ; but often… … THE SLUICE AND PUMP. brings his gravel out on a wheelbarrow to wash atthe opening. Men will work all day in these tun-nels, sometimes lying almost at full length ontheir sides, and accidents frequently occur by theroof falling in, and so forth. In digging down tobed-rock, it frequently happens that…
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