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[A battery of Deister tables, gravity separation devices.]

 Item — Box: PCA0097-1
Identifier: PCA0097-1-12

Scope and Contents

There were over 100 in the mill. There also were gravity traps and sluices to recover coarse gold. The deslimed fine sands (minus 7 mesh) from the ball mills flowed over riffles on the tables in a stream of water. The devices driven by a belt in the foreground imparted shaking motion to produce three products: (1) a concentrate of heavy minerals (2) middlings for retreatment and (3) tailings for disposal. The feed to the tables had about 4 dollars worth of gold per ton. After a series of treatments including screening and regrinding the concentrate was worth over 20 thousand dollars per ton.

Dates

  • circa 1930

Conditions Governing Access

The collection may be viewed. However, the images may not be photocopied.

Extent

1 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository

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