Friday, February 1, 2013

A Miner's Supplies

A Miner's Supplies by pdw's atelier
A Miner's Supplies, a photo by pdw's atelier on Flickr.

(A rework of an earlier study) Because of the recent find near Ballarat, Australia of an incredibly rare 5.5kg gold nugget worth over $300,000, I decided to rework this study of a gold prospector's supplies which I had seen at Ballarat's history museum. A local mining expert stated of the find, "It’s extremely significant as a mineral specimen. We are 162 years into a gold rush and Ballarat is still producing nuggets - it’s unheard of."

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