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A cradle for sifting gold was a box up to a metre wide and 2m in length, with handles to enable it to be "rocked" back and forth to sift gold-bearing dirt. The dirt would fall through a sieve to the ground below, sometimes aided with buskets of water to wash it through, and the larger flecks of gold would remain above the sieve. Dry cradles were used where there was little water. Gold cradles often required four men to operate them effectively but they could work through a lot of dirt more quickly than other methods.

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