Charleston gold miners at work on their sluice box

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DescriptionCharleston gold miners at work on their sluice box, all important in gold mining were three common factors - gold, fall (in elevation, water (availability), most of the Charleston gold was in flour fine leads in the basin by the Nile River, and in a radius of three miles at depths of from six to twenty feet.

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Location (city or town)CharlestonEventCharleston gold miners at work on their sluice box

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Date Created10th October 2021CommentsPeter Armstrong
Is that man's best friend I can see there

Jamie Dench
Such an amazing photo

Shona Ratana
What hard, cold, lonely workackie Breach
My family were gold miners from Charleston

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Charleston gold miners at work on their sluice box

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