 | 1857 - 602 דפים
...fastened to a post above, and by holes for their feet in the side of the pit. " Many of these holes arc filled, or nearly so, with water filtering from the...hard lumps, when it is put through the cradle, and then washed out in tin dishes. It is a scene of great bustle and animation. We saw some parties who... | |
 | 1855 - 594 דפים
...holes, these heaps of clay and gravel, and this stench, the diggers are working away, thick as ante in an ant-hill. You may imagine the labor of all this,...puddling-tubs and cradles at work. The earth containing tlle gold is thrown into the puddling-tubs — half-hogsheads — and stirred ebout with water, to... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 624 דפים
...In the midst of all these hole«, these heaps of clay and gravel, and this stench, the diggers arc working away thick as ants in an ant-hill. You may...hard lumps, when it is put through the cradle, and then washed out in tin dishes. It is a scene of great bustle and animation. We saw some parties who... | |
 | 1858 - 1062 דפים
...the diggers were working awny, thick ns ants in nh ant-hill. The labors of all this may be imagined, and especially of keeping down these subterranean deluges of Stygian water. The course of the creek was lined with other diggers working out their gold. There were whole rows, almost miles, of puddling... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1857 - 590 דפים
...working away thick as ant.s in an ant-hill. You may imagine the labour of all this, and especiallv of keeping down these subterranean deluges of Stygian...containing the gold is thrown into the puddling-tubs, (half hogsheads.) and stirred about with water to dissolve the hard lumps, when it is put through the... | |
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Many of these holes arc filled, or nearly so, with water filtering from the creek. It is black as ink, and has a stench as of a tan-yard, partly from the bark with which they line the sides of their holes. In the midst of all these holes, these heaps... 