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29926	Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer)	Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining			.txt	text/plain	22730	1003	76	the "pay-dirt," is washed in water, which dissolves the clay and quartz mining the auriferous rock is ground to a very fine powder, the sluice usually runs through the claim, and the auriferous dirt is Very soon after the water and dirt commence to run in the sluice, all pay-dirt contains much coarse gold, the quicksilver is introduced from sluice-box with them in a day; and after the water and dirt have run mining; it washes more dirt, and requires more water, and a larger have a large sluice than a little one, if the water and dirt can be Usually, in a hydraulic claim, the dirt is washed down to the bed-rock; Amalgam can be separated from dirt by washing, almost as well as gold. the dirt, being placed in a pan, may be washed in water, which is never Quartz requires a mill and water-power; placer dirt is washed in a	./cache/29926.txt	./txt/29926.txt