Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts
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To the strongest of the men iron picks were given, and with these, though wielded un- skilfully and with great labour, they were made to attack the hillside. The galleries, following the veins, twisted and turned, so that at the depth of a few feet there was no glimmer of daylight ; and for this reason the miners each carried a small lamp bound to their forehead. As the blocks of quartz were broken by the picks The Quarries of Mons Claudianus. 137 they were carried to the surface by the childre...n of the captives, who formed constant procession up and down the dark galleries. These fragments were then gathered up by youths and placed in stone mortars, in which they were pounded with iron pestles until the ore was broken into pieces of the size of peas. The ore was then handed over to women and old men, who placed it in hand-mills, and thus ground it to powder. This powder was then placed upon a sloping surface, and a stream of water was poured over it which carried away the particles of stone but left the gold in position.
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To the strongest of the men iron picks were given, and with these, though wielded un- skilfully and with great labour, they were made to attack the hillside. The galleries, following the veins, twisted and turned, so that at the depth of a few feet there was no glimmer of daylight ; and for this reason the miners each carried a small lamp bound to their forehead. As the blocks of quartz were broken by the picks The Quarries of Mons Claudianus. 137 they were carried to the surface by the childre...n of the captives, who formed constant procession up and down the dark galleries. These fragments were then gathered up by youths and placed in stone mortars, in which they were pounded with iron pestles until the ore was broken into pieces of the size of peas. The ore was then handed over to women and old men, who placed it in hand-mills, and thus ground it to powder. This powder was then placed upon a sloping surface, and a stream of water was poured over it which carried away the particles of stone but left the gold in position.
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