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Cradling is a wooden box which needs two humans to operate, one will kneel down and rock it the other person would shovel dirt & water into it. As it goes through the gold would sink and get push up against the rifles, the rifles are a cut to fit piece of wood which is nailed in to stay. There are four altogether in it, two up the top laying on two diagonal pieces of wood and the other two are on the base.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoA gold cradle was used to help separate gold from gold-bearing dirt. Cradling involved a wooden box loosely resembling a cradle. The cradle was used for sifting through larger amounts of sediment to find gold, and was popular from the early times of the goldrushes. It required at least two men to work. The cradle had a grate and a sieve. The dirt and sediment to be sifted through was emptied onto the grate in the cradle. The cradle was rocked quickly back and forth (in the action of a cradle) while water was poured over the sediment to help work it through. The grate stopped coarser stones from going through, while the fine material was sifted out the other end. The gold would be left behind for easy collection.
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How do you mine gold?
panning and cradling is very common
What is reef mining?
reef gold is mined by cradling with this wooded thing
What are some early gold mining methods?
panning,shaft mining,cradling and puddling
What is a sentence using cradling?
Cradling his baby, the man dashed from the car through the rain and into the house. She was cradling her injured arm. No one has ever hosted a Baby Cradling Contest.
What methods were used to mine for gold?
some of them were panning, sluicing, dry panning, cradling, digging ect
What methods were use to mine gold?
some of them were panning, sluicing, dry panning, cradling, digging ect
How do you retrieve gold?
you can get gold in the following ways: panning: swirling dirt in a wash pan cradling: putting dirt in a special box and shaking it back and forth digging: digging for gold
What sentence can you use to make cradling in it?
Mary is shown cradling her newborn son in her arms.
What actors and actresses appeared in From an Evil Cradling - 1999?
The cast of From an Evil Cradling - 1999 includes: Brian Keenan as Narrator
Is there a penalty for cradling n lacrosse?
no
Is using a cradle and using a sluice box the same thing?
It is sort of the same except sluicing is harder and finds less gold. I'd say cradling's better.
How was gold extracted in 1850 Australian gold rush?
Actually, the gold rush did not begin until 1851. Methods of extraction included panning, which was the most common method; cradling, which was introduced by Edward Hargarves after he saw the method used in California; puddling; and shaft mining.
