Alluvial Gold Mining Technologies from Ancient Times to the …
Dredge mining equipment is used in the gold recovery process, and it is operated by mechanical hydraulic paddle systems [55,56]. A total of 60–70% of the 0.25 mm metal fraction is lost during the hydroelevation and dredging processes used to process waste sands, while gold particles smaller than 0.1 mm are actually entirely washed away …