Solving their own problems of unemployment - off to their claim to start the days work.West Coast.1932.

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DescriptionTwo men setting out with shovels and pans for their claim to start the days work. West Coast.

Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19320413-41-01PhotographerAuckland Weekly NewsDate of Photo1932-04-13Map^[1]External LinkAUCKLAND LIBRARYContributorHeather Newby‎

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Location (city or town)West CoastEventTwo men setting out with shovels and pans for their claim to start the days work. West Coast.

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CommentsPam Englefield-Absolum
the Depression years. innovative to find go,d and hopefully exchange the gold for money

Tina Taylor
The very land our house is built on is tailings (probably not quite the correct term for the shingle and rocks sluiced out of the terrace behind) left by men like this. I would like to think they found enough gold to feed themselves and their families during those awful years.

John Rosanowski
Dad, Gus Rosanowski, was one of these. In the 1930s he re worked "old ground" at Addison's Flat, until in time he got a job at the Waiuta mine.

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Solving their own problems of unemployment - off to their claim to start the days work.West Coast.1932.

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