Washing ore to extract gold. Water fed into sieve
Washing ore to extract gold. Water fed into sieve (2) containing ore. Muddy solution fed along wooden collecting troughs, often lined with dark woollen cloth: gold separated out on the way. From 1683 English edition of Lazarus Ercker Beschreibung allerfurnemisten mineralischen Ertzt of 1580. Copperplate engraving
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World History Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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1580 1683 Allerfurnemisten Beschreibung Collecting Containing Ercker Ertzt Extract Extractive Lazarus Metals Mineralischen Muddy Often Separated Sieve Solution Troughs Woollen
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