arrastra

• “The faint outline of the arrastra sat in the middle of the stream.”

  Changeling

• “He was found near the arrastra, just like the others.”

  Changeling

• “Anyway, the other commonality is that they were found out by the arrastra in Pinnacle Creek.”

  Changeling

• “Nota futurista a la Nota aclaratoria: la culpa será de algún blogger y/o de algún hacker y/o de algún “buscador de internet que arrastra hacia la red”.”

  Think Progress » Former President Bush Blames ‘Bloggers’ for ‘Ugly’ Political Climate

• “Thus it will probably be found practicable to crush dry and amalgamate semi-dry by passing the material in the form of a thin pasty mass to a settler, as in the old South American arrastra, and, by slowly stirring, recover the mercury, and with it the bulk of the gold.”

  Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

• “In South America the arrastra is still used, which is simply the application of horse or mule power to the stone-grinding process, with use of mercury.”

  Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students

• “A curious mill, called an arrastra, ground the grain between two heavy stones.”

  Stories of California

• “Desde los más cultos centros de población hasta las aldeas más desconocidas se arrastra silenciosa”

  The Woman and the Right to Vote

• “Hereabout are some strips of tillage and the headgates that dam up the creek for the village weirs; upstream you catch the growl of the arrastra.”

  The Little Town of the Grape Vines

• “Hereabouts are some strips of tillage and the headgates that dam up the creek for the village weirs; upstream you catch the growl of the arrastra.”

  The Land of Little Rain

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