Dry blowing

Dry blowing is a method to extract gold particles from dry soil without the use of water.

A machine specialized to use this method is known as a dry blower.

It is a form of winnowing.

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Poverty Flats in Western Australia is where alluvial gold was discovered by Steadman in November, 1891. It became one of the largest gold dry blowing areas in the Murchison. Photographed 2016