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Photograph of a water-powered stamp mill

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Dredge boats brought gravel up from river beds either by shovel, crane, or continuous ladder-bucket elevators. The tailings, or mud-like waste, was discharged back into the water or piled on the bank. 

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Example of a wooden trestle used to transport water used in the gold mining process

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Land grant in the 1832 Gold Lottery under Governor Charles J. McDonald, dated June 1, 1843, for 40 acres in 12th District of the 1st Section of Cherokee County, #125

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Illustrations showing the new mining technologies of the early 1830s. The “hollow gum” (fig. 18) and inclined plane (fig. 19) allowed larger amounts of gravel to be washed while catching the particles of gold.

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Image showing the casting of ingots in a U.S. mint. Ingots are around 12 inches long, a half inch thick, and vary from one to two and a half inches wide.

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Image showing the use of the cutting machine in a mint. It punches circles out of a sheet of metal.
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