Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s

Physical description

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: The heavier sands and the gold were left in ''riffles'' in the sluices, whence they were taken and paned off. Large claims were granted to men engaged in sluicing, and the operations were generally conducted by a party of men on a share-and-share-alike basis. Markings: 63 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.

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