| 41. | Many studies into mineral extraction feasibility have occurred, including gold lodes near Myinga and alluvial gold deposits in the northwest.
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| 42. | Although the Hodgkinson was geologically similar to the great alluvial gold field to the north, the Chillagoe Gold and Mineral field.
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| 43. | In a year the alluvial gold had been exhausted and shallow reef mining commenced, followed from 1875 by deep reef mining.
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| 44. | Alluvial gold was discovered in and along the river in 1858, with the Big Badja diggings worked between 1861 and 1868.
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| 45. | A total of nine wooden boats were accidentally found by locals searching for alluvial gold on land near the Masao River.
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| 46. | By 1865 most of the alluvial gold had been extracted and many miners left for the gold fields of the West Coast.
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| 47. | The tunnel was driven through the spur diverting the river and allowing the exposed river bed to be sluiced for alluvial gold.
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| 48. | Prospector " Ned " Stringer discovered significant quantities of alluvial gold at the junction of what is now known as Stringers Creek.
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| 49. | After the initial rush in 1855, numbers of miners at Adelaide Lead fluctuated and declined as the surface alluvial gold was exhausted.
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| 50. | By the 1860s the alluvial gold had been exhausted and efforts turned to underground shafts in search of gold bearing quartz reefs.
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