0
The act of washing gold from river gravel through the use of a sluice box.
Kylie Streich
Wiki User
∙ 15y agon. # ## An artificial channel for conducting water, with a valve or gate to regulate the flow: sluices connecting a reservoir with irrigated fields. ## A valve or gate used in such a channel; a floodgate: open sluices to flood a dry dock. Also called sluice gate. # A body of water impounded behind a floodgate. # A sluiceway. # A long inclined trough, as for carrying logs or separating gold ore.
v., sluiced, sluic·ing, sluic·es. v.tr. # To flood or drench with or as if with a flow of released water. # To wash with water flowing in a sluice: sluicing sediment for gold.# To draw off or let out by a sluice: sluice floodwater. # To send (logs, for example) down a sluice.
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThe act of washing gold from river gravel through the use of a sluice box.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is sluice in a sentence?
The sluice was broken.
What is the definition of sluice valve?
It can be defined as followed. Valve in sliding water gate.
When does the submergence occur and what is its effect on flow beneath a sluice gate?
If i know it should i come to find it here
Who invented sluice gates?
Well that would be very easy it was Dan Tran who invented it a little Vietnamese boy with great maths and spelling ability also he liked science a lot so he invented the sluice. He is now 56 so don't go around trying to find him.
How did gold hydraulic mining work?
Hydraulic mining used a water cannon (called a monitor) to wash the hillside down and into a huge sluice box which separated the Gold from the dirt and gravel.
What is sluice in a sentence?
The sluice was broken.
What is bathroom sluice?
A bathroom sluice is a system used for disposing of waste material in parts of the world where modern plumbing is not available. It typically consists of a bucket or container that is emptied manually into a designated area.
Write a sentence About sluice-?
Writing he word sluice in a sentence is easy. You can write " I can put a sluice in the pool".
What is a sentence with Sluice box in it?
No riding the sluice box!
What is Seaton Sluice's population?
The population of Seaton Sluice is 3,081.
When was Bull Sluice Lake created?
Bull Sluice Lake was created in 1904.
When was Ljubljanica Sluice Gate created?
Ljubljanica Sluice Gate was created in 1944.
When did Bull Sluice Railroad end?
Bull Sluice Railroad ended in 1904.
When was Bull Sluice Railroad created?
Bull Sluice Railroad was created in 1902.
When was Sluice Boxes State Park created?
Sluice Boxes State Park was created in 1970.
What is an antonym for the word aqueduct?
race,channel, chute, watercourse, sluice, sluice way, spillway.
When was Tatsuta polder sluice gates created?
Tatsuta polder sluice gates was created in 1902.
