TEST YOUR GOLD MINING SKILLS
Do you know what it takes to mine gold in Mongolia? See if you've got the right stuff in our gold mining lingo quiz. One of these three words is a fake—if you nail it and spot which one it is, you'll get a special prize.Fill out the form below with the answer and you will get entered into our contest to win a FREE ePulp (all 80 audiobooks pre-loaded on an iPod player).
1. black sand: a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of fine sands. Black sand is an indicator of the presence of gold or other precious metals.
2. panner: a container in which gold, or other heavy and valuable metal, is separated from gravel or other substances by agitation.
3. corkscrew jack: a long-handled chisel with a double-sided handle, used for screwing into the ground to dig out veins of wire gold.
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