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Derrick Floor of an oil rig, IranDerrick Floor of an oil drilling rig, Iran
Share certificate for The Yukon GoldfieldsA share certificate for The Yukon Goldfields Limited, representing 35 shares. Gold deposits were first discovered along the Yukon River in Canada in 1896, and this triggered off a gold rush
Peru - Gold ProspectingPeru. - Prospecting for gold
Oil Field, Humble, Texas nr Houston USA - Mule-pulled tanker. Date: 1907
Prospector in Death Valley, California, USAProspector at work in Death Valley, California, USA. Date: circa 1930
J. B Robinson, South African prospectorJ B Robinson, South African prospector for gold and diamonds, as a young man in a pith helmet
Prospectors camp at Pegleg and Sailors Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Date: 1853
Panning for gold at Thompsons Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1853
Gold Dredging at Kyebi (Kibi), Ghana, West Africa Date: circa 1912
Lord Redesdale and Pamela MitfordLord Redesdale and his daughter Pamela Mitford preparing to depart to Canada to go gold prospecting in Northern Ontario. Date: 16th July 1930
Klondike / Leaving NomeAlaska miners leave Nome for Seattle as winter starts to close in and prospecting becomes impossible
Scenes from the Australian gold rush
Gold Escort leaving for Melbourne, AustraliaThe Gold Escort leaving Castlemaine Camp in Victoria, Australia, for Melbourne
Illustrated London News cover - the Diamond DiggersFront cover of The Illustrated London News showing two diamond diggers in South Africa, in the valley of the Vaal river, Orange Free State
Electrical gold finderExperiments with an electrical device to find gold underground. Date: 1892
Prospectors in Australia rejoice at finding gold at last. Date: 1850s
Gold mining camp in AmericaA mining camp on a North-west American river Date: circa 1860s
Gold prospectors on the way to Coolgardie, AustraliaGold prospectors on the hundred-mile journey to Coolgardie in Western Australia, some with carts, others pushing wheelbarrows. Date: 1850s
The Burra Burra copper-mine in South Australia, showing the surface operations. 1848
Gold rush in New South Wales, AustraliaLoading a horse with necessities for a months encampment at the gold digging site, Ophir, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1851
Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s
Skaguay, Alaska, USASkaguay (Skagway), Alaska, USA Date: circa 1902
Gold Prospecting party testing the reef, South Africa Date: 1904
Southern Africa - Gold ProspectingWorking underground in a South African goldmine - using a machine drill Date: 1907
Canada - Typical Mining SceneBritish Columbia, Canada - Typical Mining Scene showing two prospectors blowing black sand from placer gold. The word placer refers to the alluvial deposits in modern or ancient stream beds
Gold prospectors at Coolgardie, Western AustraliaGold prospectors at Coolgardie in Western Australia -- the streets were filled with swagger and riot. Date: 1850s
Camp in the Mountains of IranA temporary camp in the mountains of Iran, close to oil exploration works undertaken in the early 1920s by British Petroleum
Gas Separators - Middle Eastern Oil Field Date: circa 1925
The debatable Land in British Guiana. A Gold Prospecting ParIllustration showing a shanty town of gold propectors, out for the main chance, a British flag in the foreground
German DowserEin Ruthen Ganger - a German dowser prospecting for metals
America. Montana minersMiners prospecting for gold in Fort Laramie, USA
Digging for diamonds in South AfricaPeople digging for diamonds in South Africa
Gold prospectors and families in camp, AustraliaProspectors and their families panning for gold in Australia
Gold prospectors panning in AustraliaProspectors panning for gold in Australia
Gold prospector panning in AustraliaA gold prospector raising a bit of colour -- panning for gold in Australia
Panning for gold on the River Turon, AustraliaPanning for gold at Sheep Station Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia