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They used water. Water was used to separate edit from the gold. In individual methods a sluce box, rocker, or pan was used. In larger operations hydraulic hoses were used to wash whole hillsides away. You can still see the damage this did to the environment. Finally, with ores the gold was removed from the Quartz by crushing.

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