hydraulicking

I have spoken much about 'hydraulicking' in this chapter, and I shall now borrow a few details concerning the operation from Sir William Logan, who, in his 'Geological Survey of Canada,' quotes Mr. William P. Blake.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

Cameron drew my attention to the necessity of 'hydraulicking' this hill-side; and from three pounds of its yellow clay, gathered at random, we washed about fourpence worth of gold-dust, upwards of 8_l_. a ton.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

We shall find this cheap contrivance useful when 'hydraulicking' the auriferous clays of the Gold Coast.

To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

Here the one thing wanted would be a miner accustomed to 'hydraulicking' in California or British Columbia, Australia or South Africa.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

This is an everyday sight on the Ancobra, and it shows what scientific 'hydraulicking' will do.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

It is well known that California was prepared for agriculture and viticulture by 'hydraulicking' and other mining operations.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

'hydraulicking' are superior, and the number of shallow native pits at once suggests the properest process.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

'hydraulicking' which I had studied in California.

To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855

_Fluthwerk_ and 'hydraulicking' would easily wash down the whole alluvial and auriferous formation to the floor of grey granite which has supplied the huge 'cankey-stones' [Footnote: This proto-historic implement, also called a 'saddle-quern,' is here made out of a thick slab of granite slightly concave and artificially roughened.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

"And after them will come the big mining sharks that buy whole creeks where you-all have been scratching like a lot of picayune hens, and they-all will go to hydraulicking in summer and steam-thawing in winter --"

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