Show WONDERS OF AO HYDRAULIC MINING streams of water given arf force sufficient to 0 dislodge immense boulder of 10 d rock in UI some amos parts of lo the west there are all great banks of so pebbles and pug boulders in III which gold Is by to ol be found it 11 la of not IOU there as nuggets or JO even as OV ore alo but inq as sill gull particles that have been washed down into the depths of lo the hills by sq the long continued action of 10 natural forces this gold cannot be obtained by sq the r at not pay aud him to ol adopt them matil because the ollied particles sol are oils so os and pug are oil so Os scattered that the time quill consumed in ul getting them out would be worth more than the gill product to oj the successful A working of so these great pebble cliffs the miner has adapted a v stream of so water which does the oti work thoroughly unaided by sq any force except its sly own in uj many directions away up on the surrounding hills sluices and put water ways are constructed so os that the erp lit ill tie vails streams sul and pule rills will send pugs their waters down to 01 a V reservoir which la 81 built somewhere within or jo yards saxe of so the cliff gila that Is by to ol be worked and or act feet above it 71 the reservoir ilOA having been built an uv iron pipe varying in ul diameter from moil six to 04 twenty inches according to ol the work that Is 91 to ol be done Is by laid pill from moil it 11 to ol A what Is by called the working level that Is of to 04 say As to ol the point from moil which the workmen will direct the stream thus conveyed to 01 them at IV this slin point a v piece of so machinery Is sl built which weighs from moil one quo to 01 three tons and pal the frame alvi on which it 41 rests 1 S not IOU only luo securely anchored to 0 the ground but inq Is by weighted down ten or jo fifteen tons quo of so rock and yet it 41 Is by merely a nozzle jointed to 01 the iron pipe that brings the water from moil the reservoir why it 11 Is 81 so 09 heavily weighted down will soon be eq seen the OU nozzle heavy as OV it 11 Is of Is of eo 09 con strutted nils ted pajo that it if may alum be eq jp directed palao at 11 any part laud of lo the cliff 1113 by the hands 40 ot one GUO man and pug yet IOS if 11 it 11 should by any acm unfortunate accident get JOB out of lo gill th man 9 control and pug the water be not instantly turned off at the reservoir it if becomes as su unmanageable as a v tornado tora when axy ready the elbic gate at the reservoir ie if opened and the water begins to ol run una with head long force down the iron pipe and out inor at IV the nozzle which generally has a 9 diameter of lo about eight inches the turns the stream on lao the cliff gila and pal pebbles and pug bould erg some of 10 the latter we ahing more than a v ton are all knocked pa down and pug scattered about like will corks in ul the oril fury of so a v hur inq ricanne the force of so this stream Is of lulla algoet jeo incredible it II has no ou power behind it if but inq its sly own gravity and as 01 it 11 strikes the cliff gila it 11 makes a v roar ivoa that may sum eq b heard tor jol more than a v mile it will I 1 wash down more pay aud dirt in ul abo on i day aup than 10 01 00 men could handle with the old fashioned rockers As SV the water comes samoa from moil the nozzle it 11 is of like solid pilos ice eal try to ol stick vils a v knife blade into it if and pug the knife will bo jerked from moil the handle try sil to aal threet a v crowbar into it ji and v man uvin may succeed in try getting the point halt an uv inch in al but inq the bar will b wrenched violently from moil his hands nor JON could the strongest itron gest man that coall drive an UV axe into the stream further than half an uv inch sometimes a V will tear itself loose from its sli and pug when that happens the stream deals leap destruction orti and pug death all around it if until moo one QUO shuts off the nater up at IV reathe |