Mining in Manitoba
Gold Panning
Surface Mining Equipment
CATEGORIES
Surface
Open Pit
Stripping
Used for processing Gold ore. The gold pan is seldom used in production placer mining, because it has very small capacity but it is used extensively in testing potential placer ground. The pan is filled with gravel and immersed in water, the clay broken by hand, and the large rock removed. The pan is then rotated under water to settle the gold and heavy minerals to the bottom, then tilted and gyrated so that the lighter material is washed away, leaving the gold behind.