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Was theft a major gold rush issue?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

It certainly was. Whether it as theft directly from a miner's tent, or theft of the gold as it left the goldfields bound for the banks in larger towns, it was a continual problem.

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