MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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If you were panning for gold during the gold rush, you would use a ____ to separate gold from sand in the water.
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pan
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spoon
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rocker
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sluice
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -panning, in mining, simple method of separating particles of greater specific gravity (especially gold) from soil or gravels by washing in a pan with water. Panning is one of the principal techniques of the individual prospector for recovering gold and diamonds in placer (alluvial) deposits.
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