Washing Machine

The above view shows one of the numerous washing plants operated by The Company. The Blue is brought to the machine from the floors. The Blue is passed through crushers, sieves and screens, and is finally passed into the rotary washing pans. The concentrate from the pans containing the diamonds and other heavy substances, such as quartz, garnets, olivenes, etc., is tapped off at regular intervals and allowed to run into locked trucks standing beneath the pans. In these it is then conveyed to the Pulsator, where the concentrate from all the mines receives the final treatment.