| has gloss | eng: Hushing is an ancient mining method using a flood or torrent of water to reveal mineral veins. The method was applied in several ways, both in prospecting for ores, and for their exploitation. Mineral veins are often hidden below soil and sub-soil, which must be stripped away to discover the ore veins. A flood of water is very effective in moving soil as well as working the ore deposits when combined with other methods such as fire-setting. It was used during the formation and expansion of the Roman Empire from the first century BC on to the end of the empire. It is now redundant except in a variant known as hydraulic mining, where jets or streams of water are used to break down deposits, especially of alluvial gold and alluvial tin. |
