10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLUICE DOWN»
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sluice down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sluice down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reports of the late John Smeaton, F.R.S., made on various ...
That this work had a beneficial effect in scouring away the mud and sand that
annoyed the harbour and channel from the mouth of the said sluice, down as far
as the pool. 4th. That at that time, that part of the channel called the pool was so ...
... a frying pan. This time as he shoveled sand, rock, and mud into the sluice, he
could see little nuggets everywhere. He picked off the ones large enough he
could get them with his fingers, then rinsed the sluice down, washing black sand
and ...
Klondike gets the bacon, biscuits and beans out of the crude pantry while
Humphreys shut the sluice down. In a few minutes the coffee is brewed, the
beans are hot and the bacon is sizzling in the pan. All four men sit down to lunch.
Klondike ...
4
Smartsville and Timbuctoo
This tunnel at Timbuctoo contains a sluice down which material from the
hydraulicking operations is washed. Often rocks were used to keep the water
from lifting up the sluice blocks from below. According to Thompson and West,
Quicksilver ...
Kathleen Smith, Lane Parker, 2008
After a series of flood years during the nineteenth century, Mr W. H. Wheeler was
consulted by the Denver Sluice Commissioners; and his report, issued in 1883,
recommended that the river should be widened from Denver Sluice down as far ...
6
Fields Under Heaven: Insurrection
Thinking ofthe bandage taped to his back, he muttered to himself, “I hope this
doesn't wash ofl.” He sat on the stool and pulled the sluice down. Water poured
over his head and shoulders. “I have ears,” he said to Cameron. “What's going on
?”.
This morning we were supposed to move the sluice down stream a hundred
yards, but last night the boss' brother and a couple of the other white men got
drunk, and were pissing mad in town, because the boss made them work with us
...
Roger L. Haller, Roy Dugeon, 2008
8
Once Upon A Time in the Past: The Sons of Sam Logan
“One more thing,” he put in roughly, this time glancing at Chance and young Pete
a moment before putting his harsh eyes back on Burt. “Don't look for these boys
help, neither. You and that nigger broke the sluice down. Y'all fix it back.
Art Boudreau. cross.” “I 'll pack up camp now, Jim.” “Good man, l'll be waiting for
you at my camp.” “Okay, Jim.” Gold Dust began packing up his camp. He put his
gear on Paddy. Then hetook his sluice down and put it up by the bank of the river.
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Multifactorial Analysis in Corpus Linguistics
... out slow down square away see off show in slow up square off see out show off
sluice down squash in seek out show out sluice out squeeze in sell off show up
smarten up squeeze out sell on shrug off smash down squinch up sell out shuck
...
Stefan Thomas Gries, 2005
