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"Giant" or "Monitor" (<i>wide view</i>)
Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: June 25, 2016
Caption: "Giant" or "Monitor" (wide view)
Additional Description: Monitors - Water Cannons of Hydraulic Mining
Snowy Range Reflections website entry
Hydraulic mining was a variation on ground sluicing where the water delivered to the site would be shot through a nozzle at high pressure onto the face of the cliff, thereby washing away tons of boulders, gravel, dirt, and ounces of gold.
Submitted: August 6, 2016, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p358608
File Size: 5.640 Megabytes

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