Picture No | 10006519 |
Date | 1855 |
Description | Quartz crushing battery used during Australian gold rush |
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The first quartz crushing battery, used during the Australian gold rush, located at the base of Black Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. The quartz had to be crushed in order to extract the nuggets of gold.
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Source | Unattributed illustration |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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