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  2. Recreational gold mining - Wikipedia

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    Within Japan recreational gold fossicking can be carried out in Hokkaido, Yamanashi and Michinoku. [4] Within Hokkaido, placer gold can be found in the Usotan River, the Peichian River, the Yūbari River, and the Rekifune River. [5] The traditional gold pan used in Japan is a rectangular concave shaped pan called the Yuri-ita (揺り板). [6]

  3. Ridgeway Mine - Wikipedia

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    The Ridgeway mine was a gold and silver open-pit mine near Ridgeway, South Carolina.In its eleven years of operation between 1988 and 1999, it produced 1,500,000 ounces of gold and 900,000 ounces of silver. [1]

  4. Gold mining in the United States - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina had a number of lode gold mines along the Carolina Slate Belt. [42] The Haile deposit was discovered in Lancaster County in 1827, and at least 257,000 troy ounces (8,000 kg) of gold were extracted intermittently between then and 1942, when the gold mine was ordered closed as nonessential to the war effort. Beginning in 1951, the ...

  5. 11 Historical Photos That Prove Gold Prospecting Isn’t for ...

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    While people still pan for gold as a hobby, it’s a whole other ballgame when it’s your livelihood, as it was for so many during various gold rushes across the world in the 19th century. To get ...

  6. Gold panning - Wikipedia

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    "Panning out" ~ Stereoscopic view of print taken by the U.S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories ~ circa 1874–1879 Gold panning is a simple process. Once a suitable placer deposit is located, some alluvial deposits are scooped into a pan, where they are then wetted and loosed from attached soils by soaking, fingering, and aggressive agitation in water.

  7. Lynches River - Wikipedia

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    This section of the river was an important gold, and minor iron mining area in the 19th century, with the first known gold being mined by placer in Lynches River and its tributaries near Pageland and Jefferson starting about 1828. Before the Civil War, 58 gold mines operated in South Carolina. All commercial mining ceased in 1942 when the ...

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  9. Reed Gold Mine - Wikipedia

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    He told John Reed to name his price. Reed, not understanding the true value of gold, asked for what he thought was the hefty price of $3.50, or a week's worth of wages. The large nugget's true value was around $3,600. About 1803, John Reed organized a small gold mining operation. Soon afterward a slave named Peter found a 28-pound nugget. [2]

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