Hydraulic mining and the California gold rush

Name: Hydraulic mining and the California gold rush
Uploaded: 2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 222 s
Description: Museum explainer on how placer panning gave way to hydraulic monitors that stripped whole hillsides into the rivers.

MAR 21 2024

Museum explainer on how placer panning gave way to hydraulic monitors that stripped whole hillsides into the rivers.

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Hydraulic mining and the California gold rush

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