Gold mine settlement pans
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Gold mine settlement pans
Image: © Neville Davey Taken: 14 Jun 2006
As far as I remember the interpretation board said that these pans were constructed for settlement and concentration of the crushed gold ore before reacting it with mercury to form amalgam. The amalgam was then smelted to burn off the mercury and recover the gold. A leat carried water from up the hill to provide the wash water that swirled through the pans.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.75125
Longitude
-3.974952