Gold mining

Gold minerals

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  Gold ore
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Placer surface mining

Gold panning

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  Gold panning at Bonanza Creek, Yukon, Canada
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  Placer gold mining, Korea, ca. 1900
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  Man panning for gold in Madagascar

Rockers and sluice mining

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  Sluice box
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  Riffles with gold dust and gravel
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  Rocker box (cradle)
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  Rocker box (cradle)
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  Beach miners, Nome, Alaska
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  Beach miners, Nome, Alaska
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  Beach miners, Nome, Alaska

Hydraulic mining

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  Hydraulic monitor
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  Hydraulic monitor
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Underground mining

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Technology

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  Pan, cradle, Long Tom, and pump
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  Steam point, for thawing frozen ground
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  Section of a drift mine, showing the use of thawing

Miscellaneous

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