A Miner's Equipment
Back in those days they used a range of different tools in order to find gold. They used toolssuch as a round nosed shovel, an axe, miner's pick and brass gold tweezers. Below are the tools that they had used:
Miner's Pick- Also called a placer pick, it has a more slimmer and longer head than a normal pick. It is also extremely hard to find because it would need to be a pick that lasts for many years and it would still be the best when used.
Brass Gold Tweezers- Brass Gold Tweezers are used to remove gold that were seen on rocky walls, that could be easily extracted.
Round- Nosed Shovel- A shovel that is efficient when mining, which makes it easier for the miner.
Gold Pan- A gold pan is not just a pan. It helps a technique call ed panning. You gather the dirt and water in it in order to find gold.
Pry Bar- A pry bar is a bar used in a river, to take out large, heavy rocks that might have gold under it.
Magnets- You would use magnets to separate the black sand from the gold. This black sand is attracted to a magnetic field which fits perfectly for a magnet.
Small Plastic Bottle- A small plastic bottle would be used to store the gold found.
Cradle- It is used to wash out the dirt from the gold.
Miner's Pick- Also called a placer pick, it has a more slimmer and longer head than a normal pick. It is also extremely hard to find because it would need to be a pick that lasts for many years and it would still be the best when used.
Brass Gold Tweezers- Brass Gold Tweezers are used to remove gold that were seen on rocky walls, that could be easily extracted.
Round- Nosed Shovel- A shovel that is efficient when mining, which makes it easier for the miner.
Gold Pan- A gold pan is not just a pan. It helps a technique call ed panning. You gather the dirt and water in it in order to find gold.
Pry Bar- A pry bar is a bar used in a river, to take out large, heavy rocks that might have gold under it.
Magnets- You would use magnets to separate the black sand from the gold. This black sand is attracted to a magnetic field which fits perfectly for a magnet.
Small Plastic Bottle- A small plastic bottle would be used to store the gold found.
Cradle- It is used to wash out the dirt from the gold.