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The Luck of the Roaring Camp Reef, 1897. A group of miners and settlers proudly display an exposed quartz reef. Roaring Camp is located in remote alpine country close to the NSW border. Image Reference : 1(330)
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Taking a break from
prospecting near St Arnaud, March 1889.
Image Reference : 1(331)
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Miners working in
an open cut shaft on the Maude and Homeward Bound Lease at Glen Wills, 1899.
The Glen Wills goldfields in the High Country north of Omeo were opened
up in the 1890s.
Image Reference : 1(332)
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A miner working a windlass at Glen Wills, 1890s. This hand driven windlass raises and lowers buckets into a mine shaft to remove gravel, soil and water. Image Reference : 1(333)
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A whip working in
the snow at Glen Wills, 1890s. A whip is a horse drawn pulley which raises
and lowers buckets into a mine shaft.
Image Reference : 1(334)
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