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Machine Extracts Gold from Black Sand in Curry County

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Since the 1850s, Curry County, Ore., miners have been searching for gold, using shovels, picks, sluice boxes, tunnels, giant water cannons, suction dredges and other techniques.

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2052
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Shirley Nelson