sluice box

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• sluice box — noun : a single section usually about 12 feet long of a gold mining sluice …   Useful english dictionary

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• sluice — sluicelike, adj. /sloohs/, n., v., sluiced, sluicing. n. 1. an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow. 2. the body of water held back or controlled by a sluice gate …   Universalium

• box-length — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : the approximately 12 foot length of a placer gold mining sluice box …   Useful english dictionary

• Sluice — Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rocker box — Today, the rocker box is not used as extensively as the sluice, but still is an effective method of recovering gold in dryer than usual areas. Like a sluice box, the rocker box has riffles and a carpet in it to trap the gold. It was designed to… …   Wikipedia

• Gold rush tools and methods — A variety of tools and methods were used during the Gold rushes of the 19th century. This article covers the tools and methods used during the California Gold Rush, the Fraser River Gold Rush, the Cariboo Gold Rush, and the Klondike Gold Rush.… …   Wikipedia

• Gold mining — Gold mine redirects here. See Goldmine for other uses of the term. Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques by which gold may be extracted from the Earth.… …   Wikipedia

• Rubicon Trail — The Rubicon Trail is a 22 mile long route, part road and part trail, located in the Sierra Nevada of the western United States, due west of Lake Tahoe and about 80 miles east of Sacramento.The maintained portion of the route is called the… …   Wikipedia

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium