MAKE A MEME View Large Image Papago dry washer.tiff en Prospector operating dry washer called a papago This dry washer is the old Indian method of washing for gold The rocks and dirt are placed in the higher compartment Below and to the back is a bellows made of canvas ...
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Keywords: Papago dry washer.tiff en Prospector operating dry washer called a papago This dry washer is the old Indian method of washing for gold The rocks and dirt are placed in the higher compartment Below and to the back is a bellows made of canvas This is pumped to blow through the screening and thus blow away loose dirt while the heavy gold remains Pinos Altos New Mexico Library of Congress Reproduction Number LC-USF33-012701-M3 b w film neg LC-DIG-fsa-8a28454 digital file from original neg Rights Advisory No known restrictions For information see U S Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black White Photographs http //www loc gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab html Call Number LC-USF33- 012701-M3 P P Other Number H 57332 Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington DC 20540 USA http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/pp print 1940 May-June http //www loc gov/pictures/item/fsa1998000898/PP/ Russell Lee 1903-1986 photographer other versions PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Gold mining in the United States
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