Gold panning championships hark back to mining history
October 27, 2009 by goldguru · Leave a Comment
A recent national gold panning contest in New Zealand saw participants search for flakes of the precious metal under conditions experienced by miners a century ago.
The championships – organised by the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust – saw some 60 panners try to find as much gold as possible in the space of ten minutes in rainy and windy conditions, the Otago Daily Times reports.
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