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121Rocker box — Today, the rocker box is not used as extensively as the sluice, but still is an effective method of recovering gold in dryer than usual areas. Like a sluice box, the rocker box has riffles and a carpet in it to trap the gold. It was designed to… …
122Hirakud Dam — is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 km from Sambalpur in the state of Orissa in India. Built in 1956, the dam is the world s largest earthen dam. [cite web author= year= url=http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/mahanadi.jsp… …
123Placer mining — (pronounced plass er ) refers to the mining of alluvial deposits for minerals. This may be done by open pit (also called open cast mining) or by various forms of tunneling into ancient riverbeds. Excavation may be accomplished using water… …
124Northern Theater of Eelam War IV — Part of the Eelam War IV Date July 2006 – May 18, 2009 Location Sri Lanka Result …
125Mining methods of the Klondike Gold Rush — See also: Klondike Gold Rush, Mining Contents 1 During the Klondike Gold Rush (1896 1910) 1.1 Methods of bringing out the gold 1.1.1 Underground mining …
126River — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Water in motion. < N PARAG:River >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 running water running water GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 jet jet spirt spurt squirt spout spray splash rush gush …
127South Forty-foot drain — The South Forty foot Drain is the main channel for the land drainage of the Black Sluice Level in the Lincolnshire Fens. It lies in eastern England between Guthram Gowt, reference TF171225 and the Black Sluice on The Haven, at Boston.(1) The… …
128Severn Barrage — The Severn Barrage is the name of a number of ideas for building a barrage from the English coast to the Welsh coast over the Severn tidal estuary. Ideas for damming or barraging the Severn estuary (and Bristol Channel) have existed since the… …
