In Popular Culture
The battle between the old method of pan mining and hydraulic mining is the central theme of the 1985 western film Pale Rider. In 1967, an episode of the TV show "Bonanza" entitled "The Greedy Ones" featured The Cartwrights' fight against mining on their land, and specifically how hydraulic mining destroyed a land's worth. Hydraulic mining also appeared in The Waltons.
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