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Oakland Museum of California: Gold Rush and Hydraulic Mining

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This page gives a brief explanation of extracting minerals by means of hydraulic mining. This was a labor intensive process that was often dangerous but necessary to find gold.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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