Haunting Images Of Russians Mining For The Gold That Stalin Once Needed
Kolyma is one of Russia's richest gold mining regions. Miners first pump water from a reservoir to "flush the gold-bearing ores and separate the gold in a rinsing device"
Gold ore is then loaded onto the rinser.
Operators release water through a hydromonitor.
The pressure from water cannons turns the gold bearing ore to "liquid pulp" which passes through the pan of the rinser. The gold settles in the pan while the lighter ore is washed away.
The lighter ore and water are then deposited in mounds.
Workers open the lid of the pan (trough) and begin collecting the gold, by first flushing the mats of the trough.
Larger chunks are removed first.
And the gold is rinsed properly and separated.
Golden harvest is the amount of gold recovered and depends on how much was contained in the rock loaded into the rinser.
Ore with smaller gold particles are washed in a separate room.
The Shturmovoy gold field is being developed by mining cooperatives and in warmer weather is produced using the open-cut method.
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