Sluicing on the West Coast

Sluicing on the West Coast
Date
[ca 1880s]
Reference
1/2-044511-F
Description

Six men recovering gold by washing out alluvials with high pressure water and passing them through a sluice on the West Coast. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1880s.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from print returned to owner).

Physical Description: Film negative

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Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Heinz, William Frederick, 1899-1976: Photographs and negatives of gold mining and other facets of the West Coast / Heinz, William Frederick, 1900?-1976 :Photographs and negatives of gold mining and other facets of West Coast life
Format
1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from print returned to owner), Negatives, Film negative
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