elevateur

Updated: July 29, 2026

For the same reason I prefer the old draw and lift, and plunger pumps to newer but more complicated water-lifters. On both these points, however, I am constrained to admit that my opinion has recently been somewhat shaken. I have lately seen two appliances which appear to mark a new era in the scientific progress of mining. One is the "Griffin Mill," the other the "Lemichel Siphon Elevateur."

J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson - Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students