AlaskaMines Mining Artifacts
"Bench gold" mining on the hill sides could not use sluice lines because running water could not be pumped up the hills. Instead, these mines used rockers, long boxes that moved back and forth like a cradle, again separating the heavier gold from the lighter dirt. Finally, the resulting gold dust could be exported out of the Klondike; exchanged for paper money at the rate of 16 (430) per ...