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The full answer depends on which gold rush you're talking about. But if you're referring to the most famous gold rush in America that occurred in 1849 in California, then most of the miners were prospecting for placer gold (as opposed to hard rock mining, where the gold is trapped inside the rock). For placer mining, the miners mostly used:
- picks and shovels (to loosen and gather gold-bearing dirt for processing)
- gold pans (to separate gold from the dirt)
- sluice boxes (to separate gold from the dirt)
- rocker boxes (to separate gold from the dirt)
For hard rock mining, a lot of other equipment is needed, such as dynamite, to get the ore, crushers to crush the ore, mules and mining carts to haul the ore, mining hats and carbide lanterns, etc.
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How did the gold rush ended?
The Gold Rush ended on 1855 by which time alluvial gold areas were depleted and gold had to be extracted from rock, which required mechanical equipment not available to diggers.
What did the gold rush use to get to the gold?
The California Gold Rush used...PansLong TomsCradlesshovels
What is the most important equipment gold rush?
The pudding pan is most important because it's how to find the gold
How did people use their gold in the California gold rush?
they sold it for money
When did gold miners use the shaft and windlass?
1849- California Gold Rush!
What did they use gold for in the gold rush?
They used rope for tieng things together.
What American gold rush was before the Victorian gold rush?
The Californian gold rush!
How do you use a long tom gold rush?
my name is jeff
How do you use gold in a sentence?
in 1949 there was a gol rush in California
What year was the Yukon gold rush?
the klondike gold rush is the main name and they found gold 1896 but the actual rush began 1897
Did they use explosives in gold rush?
yes they did, to make gold visible from rock caves and stuff. :-)
What the famous gold rush?
California gold rush
