File:Diagram of Placer Claim 14.jpg

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Description Diagram of a shaft mine in permafrost. This type of shaft would be dug in a likely location to procpect, and extended with a drift at bedrock level if the gold was plentiful enough. The richest gravel was generally just above bedrock.
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Author W. Sihmedtgen

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