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zolotnik zaw-LAWT-nik noun 1/6 of an ounce; ancient Russian weight measure 1870Overland through Asia: Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar LifeThe pay-dirt is very rich, and the estimates of its yield are stated at so many zolotniks of gold for a hundred poods of earth. From one pood of dirt, of course unusually rich, Mr. Kaporaki obtained 24 zolotniks, or three ounces of gold. In another instance ten poods of dirt yielded 90 zolotniks of gold. The ordinary yield, as near as I could ascertain, was what a Californian would call five or six cents to the pan.Labels: Thomas Wallace Knox
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