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Thirsty for gold! Slaking the diggings from California to Bendigo
Author(s) -
Russell Geoff
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2013.105.0070
Subject(s) - frontier , human settlement , gold rush , gold mining , archaeology , mining engineering , engineering , water resource management , environmental science , geography , metallurgy , materials science
Nineteenth century gold rushes in California and Australia spurred a frenzied scramble to secure ample year‐round supplies of water for gold washing and for sustaining life in primitive frontier mining settlements teeming with diggers struck with “gold fever.”