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Ch. 15: Tailings and Dump

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TAILINGS AND DUMP.                                243
where the quantity is large, in spite of the water the ra­vines fill up gradually, and hydraulic mining in these localities ultimately ceases. It occasionally happens that the want of dump-room is obviated by a tunnel, by means of which the tailings are conveyed into large and pre­cipitous ravines, there to await the action of time and water for their further removal.
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