Gold develops differently from many other materials because it is a stable element. We look at the processes that remove it from the ocean place it on land then form large pockets in this region. This barren sun scorched, schist strewn land concentrated great wealth for the first lucky settlers to find in old river beds and along the sides of the gorges. 

Often see the remnants of mining sites, water ways and dwellings that were part of a major extraction industry in the early days of Western settlement and development.

Studies We explore preserved remnants of different old mining areas.  These help us see how the gold was concentrated by rivers.  We learn how prospectors operated to find this treasure. We discuss its markets, uses and properties. We follow the development of  mechanisation needed for the more difficult gold with large mechanical dredges. Rivers are swift and deadly. Water required for mining in a desert needed ingenious engineering to access it.

Here too interested groups can experience for themselves panning an easy method for removing gold from the gravels on the side of the sometimes violent rivers.  (Extra fees apply) 

See also
Gold in the Mining & Milling Zone
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