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Catalogue Number: NFB526994
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Colin Low
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Documentary, Engineering, Environmental Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1955
Running Time: 10:32
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Gold - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB526994
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Tom Daly
Directors: Colin Low
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Documentary, Engineering, Environmental Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1955
Running Time: 10:32
Click here for pricing
A description of placer gold mining in the Yukon. East of Dawson City giant dredges cut deep into the creek beds, leaving behind monstrous coils of waste as the gold-bearing gravel is washed. The film shows how gold is trapped and hand-sorted, finally to emerge as precious gold brick.