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Washing Gold – Vancouver, British Columbia Photo

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Washing Gold – Vancouver, British Columbia Photo
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A miner processing gravels by a flowing river by pouring them into a crudely made “Grissley” used to separate out the gold from the larger pebbles and silt. A detailed description of the process is printed on the back of the 12” X 9 ¾” matted card. A gold pan lies in the lower right corner. The photo is 9” X 7”. This was published by the Philadelphia Museums; no photographer indicated. Although Gold discoveries are not reported in the journals of the early fur traders, it was the policy of the fur companies not to advertise the presence of gold to protect their fur trade business. As the California gold rush was declining, a series of Gold Rushes in the Vancouver area started with the finds on the Fraser River in 1858. Subsequent discoveries during the next decade saw the influx of tens of thousands of miners, many from California, where the spent placer mining operations giving way to the capital intensive hard rock mining. This photo appears to be a reprint from an older negative. Date: Location: British Columbia, zCanada HWAC# 60861