MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a horse and wagon
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good eyesight
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a shovel and a flat pan
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a group of strong men
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Detailed explanation-1: -gold digger, gold miner, gold panner. a miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field. placer miner. a miner who extracts minerals from a placer by washing or dredging. prospector.
Detailed explanation-2: -A miner would shovel a large amount of soil, gravel and/or sand into the hopper, which had a piece of mesh on the bottom that would allow gold and sand to fall through but would catch large rocks and pieces of debris. On occasions, gold nuggets could be caught in the hopper as well.
Detailed explanation-3: -Panning. Panning uses water to separate heavy gold particles from other lighter particles within a medium sized pan. In this process sediment or ore thought to contain gold is placed in a wide, curved pan along with water. The miner moves the pan in a series of motions designed to eject lighter sediments.