It tends to collect on the curves of the stream. The amount of gold dust or nuggets that a miner owns. This gold is usually carried in a leather poke or pouch. The rocking motion moves dirt and water through the box. A water source is directed down the sluice box to wash the gravel which is shoveled into the sluice box.
Gold is caught by riffles similar to the rocker box.
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