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70 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 205.
there is again passed under the crushing hammers, and pounded
into powder, according to what has been already stated.
4. What remains after this at the bottom of the crushing
box is collected in a tub ; and from a hundred-weight of this
powder several half ounces of gold may be obtained. 5. After
the whole washing has been completed, whatever remains on
the upper broad step or bench is taken into a vessel for
washing, which is nearly of a square form, but in front is bent
into the form of a figure 3. Into this vessel the more valuable
part is collected, and by the action of water, and by shaking it
against the sides of the vessel, and by various ablutions, the
most precious part is collected, and separated from the mar
casite and iron ; it is then transferred to a small vessel which
is very clean, so that out of this the gold may at once be
taken. 6. That part of the powder, however, which is in the
trough is washed on other inclined planes constructed in a
similar manner to those described above ; yet they are furnished
with only one cloth immediately below the broad third bench ;
here all the powder which has been obtained in the trough is
washed; all that remains in the reservoir at the bottom of
the trough is also washed, & c. Those works, however, in
which the poorer ore is crushed are different: 1. The crush
ing hammers are made in the same way, and they drop in the
same order. 2. The crushing box, however, is not so deep,
only half an ell ; the opening also, by which the water flows
out, is not as high up, as in the former case. 3. On the out
side begins a long winding trough furnished with six benches
or steps of division. 4. The best part here, also, is collected
at the bottom of the crushing box itself. 5. The best part is
washed as in the other case on an inclined plane furnished
with cloths, except that the upper broad bench is bare where the
most valuable part is collected, which afterwards, by shaking
and rubbing in the washing vessel, is separated from the iron
and marcasite ; if fresh water is afterwards poured in through
a horn, the clear gold appears. 6. The powder which is ob
tained in the various divisions of the trough, is washed on
areas which are covered with only one cloth, and it is taken
thence into a reservoir filled with water, from which it is
again taken out and washed. A hundred -weight of this washed
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