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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
Wollongong Beaches
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<blockquote data-quote="bazza2210" data-source="post: 366971" data-attributes="member: 1112"><p>An article I found on Trove once for gold found in the vicinity of Shellharbour</p><p></p><p>GOLD MINE.In 1868 there was</p><p>quite a stir in the little village of</p><p>Shellharbour, by the discovery of</p><p>gold on Mr. Killalea's farm. Miners</p><p>there were making 10 to 12 shillings</p><p>a day which was then much more</p><p>standard wages. A lump of</p><p>amalgam 4 ounces in weight was</p><p>brought to Kiama. It was suggested</p><p>that a dredge be taken from Wollon-</p><p>gong to Shellharbour, but this was</p><p>not done, and no millionaires seem</p><p>to have been made by the Shellhar-</p><p>bour gold rush. I presume the gold</p><p>was won from the sand as it was</p><p>from the black sand on the North</p><p>Coast beaches in the nineties, by</p><p>passing the sand over mercury with</p><p>which the gold mixed to form an</p><p>amalgam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bazza2210, post: 366971, member: 1112"] An article I found on Trove once for gold found in the vicinity of Shellharbour GOLD MINE.In 1868 there was quite a stir in the little village of Shellharbour, by the discovery of gold on Mr. Killalea's farm. Miners there were making 10 to 12 shillings a day which was then much more standard wages. A lump of amalgam 4 ounces in weight was brought to Kiama. It was suggested that a dredge be taken from Wollon- gong to Shellharbour, but this was not done, and no millionaires seem to have been made by the Shellhar- bour gold rush. I presume the gold was won from the sand as it was from the black sand on the North Coast beaches in the nineties, by passing the sand over mercury with which the gold mixed to form an amalgam. [/QUOTE]
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