Washing-Up.

This is the most interesting part to the miner, because now he will see the result of his period of labour. A bath is filled with water, and the mats are carefully removed from the box. These mats, together with the silt on the floor of the box, are transferred to the bath. Here, the mats are beaten on the water, and the gold forced from the weaves. The resulting debris in the bottom of the bath is poured off into the prospecting dish, where it is panned, just as a prospect. More care, of course, is taken. The final course is one of choice, sometimes dependent on the nature of the

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