
Why Are Dredge Sluices So Short?
12/04/2013 · That's why people size the material going into the sluice. If you have 8 inch rock going in, you need water speed sufficient to push an 8 inch rock, and that will also move small gold out of your sluice no matter how long it is. If you can put inch and smaller rock, you can slow the speed down such that you will do much better on small gold.