Desiree and I occasionally watch Freddy Dodge's Mine Rescue on the Discovery Channel.
We
don’t watch because we have been bitten by the “gold bug” and are hatching our
own plans to strike it rich. Instead, we
are intrigued by the science employed while processing paydirt in placer mines. I am in particular fascinated by the various conveyors,
classifying contrivances, shaking tables, and so forth.
The
other day, while watching and episode featuring rocks of various size bouncing
down through a trommel wash plant, Desiree said this: “I think I have gold
mining figured out.”
“Oh?”
“Yes. Mining is all about rocks dancing.”
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