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Term	Definition	Examples
Jigging	An ore dressing term. Jigging was the separation of ore by moving it up and down in water on a sieve. Originally this was undertaken manually but by the 1830's a lever operated machine was introduced and also sometimes these were powered by water wheels.	The copper dressing process

 
 
 
 
 
 

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