gold-washer

Rich as a California mine, we only wish they could be passed through a gold-washer, and the genuine yield be thrown again into our literary currency.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

I know a physician who, in San Francisco, purchased a common made gold-washer at 20 or 30 dollars, made of 70 or 80 feet of boards.

What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant

But these differences being presented by as many different bodies in nature, the gold-washer takes advantage of the selective agency in question, and, by using it as

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871

So far as the objects of the gold-washer are concerned, it is immaterial with what other earths the gold-dust may happen to be mixed.

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871

Or, to revert to our former illustration, the various weights of different kinds of earths are no doubt all due to definite causes; but, in relation to the selective action of the gold-washer, all the different weights of whatever kinds of earth he may happen to include in his washing-apparatus are, _strictly speaking_, accidental.

Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions George John Romanes 1871

On the Rhine, a gold-washer is satisfied with ⅔ of a gramme of gold, that is worth from 13 to 18 silver groschens.

System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855

Recollections of a Life of Adventure, II, 1866, a gold-washer in

System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855

It was a pleasure to see the bed; it had been scraped in many places by the gold-washer, and it promises an ample harvest when properly worked.

To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

It should be borne in mind, however, that the Rhine-lander devotes to gold-washing only the leisure time which his avocation as a fisherman leaves him, while the gold-washer in the new world, as a rule, devotes his whole time to it; and that his labors are interrupted by the long rainy season, attacks of fever etc.

System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855

Whether washing would do I know not; a gold-washer would succeed, I daresay.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 Charles Darwin 1845