grubstake
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This (slow-loading) US article about present-day panners working California rivers and the backstory of the historic 1848-56 goldrush days in that region, is a good read for those interested in such topics.
Australians too, travelled across the Pacific to join the US West Coast goldrush and some returnees, with newly-gained experience of gold district geology, prospecting/mining techniques and equipment, were among the forerunners of Australia's own gold-mining boom from the mid-1850's onwards.
Placer miners continue to pan Sierra streams, gripped by the same gold fever that shaped California:
tahoequarterly.com
Australians too, travelled across the Pacific to join the US West Coast goldrush and some returnees, with newly-gained experience of gold district geology, prospecting/mining techniques and equipment, were among the forerunners of Australia's own gold-mining boom from the mid-1850's onwards.
Placer miners continue to pan Sierra streams, gripped by the same gold fever that shaped California:
The Last Prospectors - Tahoe Quarterly
Placer miners continue to pan Sierra streams, gripped by the same gold fever that shaped California James Dee and Keith Mullenix are sitting on the steep bank of the North Fork American River at Mineral Bar, just outside of Colfax. It’s late afternoon, and...
tahoequarterly.com
