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Puddling was a method of stirring washdirt in a large tub and occasionally pouring away the water. Sometimes troughs were formed in the ground. The gold was left in the bottom for final separation. A man is washing dirt with a pan in a creek in 1962.
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Copyright: Centre for Gippsland Studies, Federation University Australia.
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Shallow sinking involved putting a shallow shaft through the alluvial gravels and then washing for the gold. A man is washing dirt with a pan in a creek in 1962.
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Copyright: Centre for Gippsland Studies, Federation University Australia.