Historic Brandy City Hydraulic minning pic circa 1904
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Minning in Sierra County, California
Between 1849 and 1852, the tools of gold mining had evolved quickly. Gold panning, a one-man effort, had been largely superseded by the two-man rocker, then by the two-man Long Tom, and finally by the team-served sluice box. Water in quantity was needed at the diggings, and ditches were constructed to bring it from nearby creeks. By 1852, ground sluicing (turning ditch water out onto the ground) was being widely used to wash away overburden and to wash the paydirt into sluices. The author ,Cy Rollins owns this website. The nozzles [pictured to the right ]were used to funnel the flummed water pressure onto the ancient gravel deposits. The water knocked down the banks and was channeled into sluice boxes where the gold was extracted. These nozzles conected to canvas hoses.

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Sierra County miner picking California hard rock 		GOLDSHEET Mining Directory website Mining Life website
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