Gold Mining is a photograph by Collection Abecasis/science Photo Library which was uploaded on February 17th, 2021.
Gold Mining
Gold mining, 19th-century illustration. Gold prospectors mining a gold deposit in alluvial sediments. This is known as placer mining. Some are... more
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Gold Mining
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Collection Abecasis/science Photo Library
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Gold mining, 19th-century illustration. Gold prospectors mining a gold deposit in alluvial sediments. This is known as placer mining. Some are panning for gold, while others are breaking open rocks. In the background, gold is being weighed. Artwork published in 'Les arteres du globe' ('The Arteries of the Globe', 1888), a work on hydrology and geology by Paul Bory.
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February 17th, 2021
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