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the dirt end Gravel he wishod to wash, then
Ineeling on the bank he would fill his yan
with water from the stream. He then worked
this with his-hands until a soft mass was
formed. Again eae has pan with water
he would wash the mud away; the gravel and
coarse sand remaining in the botton. The
eravel was then throw out and after continued washing nothing but gold and heavy
black sand remained. The sand was then
removed by magnets or-was-allowéd
to dry
-and then blowm away.
the ‘oradlen or "rocker'' was also
used at this time. ‘The "cradle was a
wooden box on rockers which closely resem
bled a baby's cradle. The box was about
four feet long, two feet wide md nine
t
inshos deep at the higher cn, io bar divided it in the’middle. The lower ena being
left. with ¢ low end-board. The top of the
cradle,“ inclined at an’ angle to eae e the
water to flow freely, was Open. Another
box, four inches deep, called the "hopper"
was made to fit in the upper half of the”
Seana tin. bopper Hada pertanet sa cnéct .
iron bottom Dene ath which was stretched a 3
canvas "apron":
The dirt was shoveled into the hop~
ber,, water was dipped. and voured upon it
with one hand, the cradle being rocked by
the other. The rocking dissolved the dirt
and kept the sand moving so that it would.”
Separate from the gold, which would be ce
caught on the canvas Nepron.