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Metal Detecting for Gold
Understanding old diggings
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 429999" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>They would often bring water many kilometres in trenches sub-parallel to the hill contours, so that it would flow under gravity. Then they would distribute it in a series of similar races close to where they needed it. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10761-016-0330-0" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10761-016-0330-0</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1533207813_water.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The Victorian Historical Journal recently published a paper on the Beechworth water races and how they were used, with maps showing their layout.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes miners would stockpile alluvial wash over summer for washing in the winter - if it was a bad winter they would sometimes have to wait a year....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 429999, member: 4386"] They would often bring water many kilometres in trenches sub-parallel to the hill contours, so that it would flow under gravity. Then they would distribute it in a series of similar races close to where they needed it. [url]https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10761-016-0330-0[/url] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1533207813_water.jpg[/img] The Victorian Historical Journal recently published a paper on the Beechworth water races and how they were used, with maps showing their layout. Sometimes miners would stockpile alluvial wash over summer for washing in the winter - if it was a bad winter they would sometimes have to wait a year.... [/QUOTE]
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