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Tin Dredging Operations- Step 006 – The Clean-Up Or Secondary Jigs

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Subject :Tin Dredging Operations- Step 006 – The Clean-Up or Secondary Jigs
Published By : Published by the Tin Industry Research and Development Board 
Location : Kinta Valley, Perak
Estimated Year : 1960
Media Type : Photograph
Source : The Tin Industry Research and Development Board
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The sixth stage of the operation of dredging for tin is shown in the photograph.

From the sump below the primary jigs the tin-ore is pushed up through de-watering cones to the secondary jigs which perform further cleaning of the tin-ore. The layout in this particular dredge shows the secondary jigs beyond the three primary jigs at the left hand of the picture.

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Filename : 20090208-011