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The cast iron box weighs many tons. The long solid rods were water powered to lift and drop them onto the gold bearing ore. The Independence mine was one of the richest gold dust mines along the Klamath River. This rock crusher sailed around Cape Horn to get here, and getting it to this remote point must have been a test of both man and beast.
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