Prospector operating dry washer called a papago. This dry washer is the old Indian method of washing for gold. The rocks and dirt are placed in the higher compartment. Below and to the back is a bellows made of canvas. This is pumped to blow through the screening and thus blow away loose dirt while the heavy gold remains. Pinos Altos, New Mexico.
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
Location
Pinos Altos, 32.86341, -108.22144
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html