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    Pump Sluicing, by Robert Kaufman

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Pump Sluicing
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Where the topography of the goldfield was relatively flat, hydraulic sluicing could still be carried out, using powerful pumps to provide the water pressure to break down the gold-bearing (auriferous) banks. At right is a jet elevator, which used high-pressure water though a venturi to raise the gravels from the pond to the sluice boxes, where the gold was extracted. Water was recirculated, which meant that pump sluicing also suited drier goldfields.

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Robert Kaufman
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Courtesy of Parks Victoria

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    Robert Kaufman
    Rights
    Courtesy of Parks Victoria

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