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The Buckland Valley Gold Fields History
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<blockquote data-quote="PabloP" data-source="post: 504235" data-attributes="member: 4430"><p>As a kid (mid to late 1940's), my old teacher came from Porepunkah and he had his own little gold mine up the Buckland valley somewhere. He would occasionally bring in some quartz chunks to school with his mortar and pestle, and have us kids have a go at smashing up the quartz. </p><p></p><p>He would take the crushed results home with him to pan in the Ovens river behind his house. He stayed at our place during the week and went home to his place at the weekends. </p><p></p><p>He was always short of a quid, so I don't think that he made his fortune from gold mining and I can't say that I saw any specs in the crushings, but I was looking for big nuggets, not fines. </p><p></p><p>Rob P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PabloP, post: 504235, member: 4430"] As a kid (mid to late 1940's), my old teacher came from Porepunkah and he had his own little gold mine up the Buckland valley somewhere. He would occasionally bring in some quartz chunks to school with his mortar and pestle, and have us kids have a go at smashing up the quartz. He would take the crushed results home with him to pan in the Ovens river behind his house. He stayed at our place during the week and went home to his place at the weekends. He was always short of a quid, so I don't think that he made his fortune from gold mining and I can't say that I saw any specs in the crushings, but I was looking for big nuggets, not fines. Rob P. [/QUOTE]
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