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Cornish pump Placer Mining 
a pumping device consisting of a large wheel overshot from a flume, used for draining placer claims.
See also: Davis water wheel
- 1958 . . . Lieutenant-Governor Randolph Bruce had unveiled a Cornish pump which had been donated by W. H. Boyd as a reminder of Quesnel's heritage of gold.
- 1960 [Caption] Davis, or Cornish water wheel and flume [used in] hydraulic operations at Morning Star Claim.
- 1958 . . . Lieutenant-Governor Randolph Bruce had unveiled a Cornish pump which had been donated by W. H. Boyd as a reminder of Quesnel's heritage of gold.