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De Re Metallica
Illustration showing use of sluice and scrubber and dishes with cup-like depressions next to river to separate gold from sand, from 1912 English translation of Georgius Agricola's DE RE METALLICA (1556) by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover. Some drawings by Basilius Wefring.
Date taken:1901
Size:1280 x 1257 pixels (17.8 x 17.5 inches)

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