Box Sluicing In The Gold Mine

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StatusDigitised Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Digitised?Yes Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Location IDNg-FS.1-59 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

TitleBox Sluicing In The Gold Mine Last edited by: Susan Garwood

DescriptionTwo unknown male Chinese goldminers with tools in hand, standing in a pit. One stands on the wooden box sluiceway, the other is a bit below him in the pit.

Publication: "Windows on a Chinese Past - Vol. 1", by James Ng, pub. Nov. 1993. Image on page 139.

Caption from book: "Box sluicing, using the 'Long Tom', required running water and at least two workers. Alexander Don probably photographed these unidentified men in the 1900s. [Kirkland Collection]" Last edited by: Susan Garwood

TypeBlack & white negative Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Dimensions35mm x 24mm Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Date Createdc. 1900 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

CreatorDon, Alexander Rev Last edited by: Susan Garwood

SubjectPortraits - Group Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Gold Mining-Central Otago-Chinese Miners Last edited by: Susan Garwood

SourceEva and James Ng Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Accession No42018/73/5/2 Last edited by: Susan Garwood

CollectionEva and James Ng Photographic Collection Last edited by: Susan Garwood

NoteImage from positive, black and white filmstrip. Last edited by: Susan Garwood

Recollect CollectionNew Zealand Chinese Collection Last edited by: Susan Garwood

AcknowledgementThank you to the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and the Synod of Otago and Southland for together providing funding to digitise these images. Last edited by: Susan Garwood

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Box Sluicing In The Gold Mine