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Spencer Boiler, Lee's Ferry, Arizona
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In his first attempt to extract gold Spencer set up a pipe dredge across the river. The boiler produced stem that ran engines to pump water and air down a pipe to the ground. Theoretically it would force stand and gold up through a casing. Unfortunately for Spencer, the pipe only went down a few feet before hitting rock. The experiment failed.
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