 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1812 - 668 pàgines
...two or three feet. On each step, stand •ix or eight negroes, who, as the water tiows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...liquid mud and washed below. The particles of gold containedin this earth descend to the trench, where, by reason of their specific gravity, they quickly... | |
 | 1812 - 680 pàgines
...of two or three feet. On each step, stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water ilows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...whole is reduced to liquid mud and washed below. The panicles of gold contained in this earth descend to the trench, where, by reason of their specific... | |
 | William Bingley - 1820 - 368 pàgines
...or three feet deep is formed. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels, until the whole is reduced to a liquid mud which is washed below. The particles of gold contained in this mud descend into the trench,... | |
 | Job (the patriarch), John Fry - 1827 - 630 pàgines
...step stands six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth gently in motion with shovels, until the whole is reduced...particles of gold contained in this earth, descend with it into a trench beloiv, where, by reason of their specific gravity, they quickly precipitate.... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pàgines
...three feet. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keeps the earth continually in motion with shovels, until the whole is reduced to liquid mud, and wished below. The particles of gold contained in this earth descend to the trench, where, by leason... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1830 - 404 pàgines
...of two or three feet. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...particles of gold contained in this earth descend to the the trench, where, by reason of their specific gravity, they quickly precipitate. Workmen are continually... | |
 | 1842 - 440 pàgines
...of two or three feet. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...by reason of their specific gravity, they quickly precipitale. Workmen are continually employed at the trench to remove the stones, and clear away the... | |
 | Daniel Parish Kidder - 1845 - 470 pàgines
...WASHING. or three feet. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...to the trench, where, by reason of their specific gra^ vity, they quickly precipitate. Workmen are continually employed at the trench to remove the stones,... | |
 | A G. Hamilton - 1850 - 296 pàgines
...of two or three feet. On each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...to liquid mud, and washed below. The particles of fold contained in this earth descend to the trench, where, y reason of their specific gravity, they... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 608 pàgines
...two or throe', feet ; on each step stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently from above, keep the earth continually in motion with shovels,...liquid mud and washed below. The particles of gold containc-d in this earth descend to the trench, where, by reason of their specific gravity, they quickly... | |
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... steps, each twenty or thirty feet wide, two or three broad, and about one deep. Near the bottom a trench is cut to the depth of two or three feet. On each step, stand six or eight negroes, who, as the water flows gently... 