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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Dry Blowing vs Winnowing
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<blockquote data-quote="grubstake" data-source="post: 665474" data-attributes="member: 4012"><p>Winnowing grain involves the separation of relatively heavy, consistently-sized grains from extremely light husks, which is relatively easy, as the grains fall straight down but the husks act like little sails, tending to catch the breeze and drift away. </p><p></p><p>However, winnowing for gold would involve the separation of heavy, unevenly-sized gold from a mixture of quite heavy, unevenly-sized rock and soil particles. I'd imagine that's a very much tougher proposition, as only the small dust particles will readily blow to the side.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grubstake, post: 665474, member: 4012"] Winnowing grain involves the separation of relatively heavy, consistently-sized grains from extremely light husks, which is relatively easy, as the grains fall straight down but the husks act like little sails, tending to catch the breeze and drift away. However, winnowing for gold would involve the separation of heavy, unevenly-sized gold from a mixture of quite heavy, unevenly-sized rock and soil particles. I'd imagine that's a very much tougher proposition, as only the small dust particles will readily blow to the side. [/QUOTE]
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