Panning Collection

Gold with black sands in a gold pan
Gold (Au) is an elemental metal. It occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks or as seen here, as grains in alluvial deposits

Gwynfynydd Gold Mine near Dolgellau - panning room - early 1900s

Welsh Gold Prospectors early 1900s

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

Two fortune seekers, one man shovelling up washed up dirty water into a cradle, another man pouring water while rocking it all the time

GOLD PANNING / NEW GRENADA
Indians in New Grenada search for gold. Date: late 19th century

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Umtali river
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Umtali river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Scenes from the Australian gold rush

Gold Mining in California. Scenes of the 1849 Californian Gold Rush showing cradling, panning, washing with a long tom and hydraulic mining. Coloured lithograph by Currier and Ives 1871. Litography

Panning for Gold
An old miner (probably in New Zealand), washing the gold he has panned. Date: 1930s

Canada - Typical Mining Scene
British 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 Panning at St. Davids Mine, Wales, 1911
Photograph showing two miners panning for gold at St. Davids Mine, near Carnarvon in Wales, 1911. At that time, this mine was one of three producing gold in Wales

Panning for gold, Yukon Alaska
Panning for gold in the Yukon Territory, Alaska

Australian Gold Miners
Gold panning in Australia

Panning Alluvial Gold
A New Zealand gold miner in wading boots sifts through the alluvial gold he has panned

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Panning gold on the Yukon River, Klondike, Canada

Gold prospectors and families in camp, Australia
Prospectors and their families panning for gold in Australia

Gold prospectors panning in Australia
Prospectors panning for gold in Australia

Gold prospector panning in Australia
A gold prospector raising a bit of colour -- panning for gold in Australia

Panning for gold on the River Turon, Australia
Panning for gold at Sheep Station Point, on the River Turon in New South Wales, Australia

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