Placer+Mining



A spanish technique where miners shoveled loose dirt into boxes and then ran water over the dirt to seperate it from gold or silver particles. This was invinted because while miners were searching for for metal in which miners scooped dirt and water and swished it around and left the gold behind. In order for the people to collect gold and metal they created the placer mining.

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America Pathways to the Present page 269 http://www.old-picture.com/old-west/pictures/Placer-Mining.jpg