The explosions shatter the brittle gold-bearing rock into pieces the size of a bathtub.
What it does not have is gold-bearing rock.
The gold-bearing rock is removed from the mine using pick and shovel, blasting, and other methods.
Also, any Chinese miner caught with gold-bearing rock on his person could be shot on the spot.
The formation just here wouldn't lead me to expect gold-bearing rock; but of course, anything is possible with gold.
A hundred or so years ago, men were here, in winter, burning through the permafrost to dig down 15ft to what they hoped was gold-bearing rock.
By 1882 the first battery to break gold-bearing rock was in operation.
Cyanide extraction of gold may be used in areas where fine gold-bearing rocks are found.
Horizontal tunnels called drifts were dug out from the shaft at different levels to find the gold-bearing rock.
He was also responsible for several reports on the geology of Victoria, and added much to the knowledge of gold-bearing rocks.