On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 03:41:02 -0800, (daniel
peterman) wrote:
Yes sir I just can't quite grasp the entire physics. There was done and
documented a process called hydraulic mining here in Calif.
These large water cannons would blast away shale and sluice it down to
find gold.
They could shoot water a quarter mile.
I guess the gold deposits ran out.
Maybe the had some dry years as often happens around these parts.
They were called monitors
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Because of the damage downstream the runoff was doing to the
farm/pasture land this was banned. This was before "one man -
one vote" and the farmers/ranchers still had considerable clout
in the California legislature.

Unka George