Gold mining: a man using a hose to wash away soil. Wood engraving.

Mineral extraction: using water to expose gold-bearing rock at the Transvaal gold fields. Wood engraving, 1889.

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Gold mining: a man using a hose to wash away soil. Wood engraving.

Mineral extraction: using water to expose gold-bearing rock at the Transvaal gold fields. Wood engraving, 1889.