Gold

Year Published: 1955

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: A description of placer gold mining operations in the Yukon River. Giant dredges cut into creek beds in the continuing search for gold, and leaving behind coils of waste material as the goldbearing gravel is washed. Explains how the gold is trapped and hand-sorted, and shows gold bricks being weighed and marked for shipment to the treasury.

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