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Many of the items on the goldfields were the equipment and tools used for digging and carrying gold-bearing soil. They included basic equipment for survival, for constructing some sort of shelter, or simple protection. These included:

  • shovel
  • pick
  • rope
  • canvas (for a tent)
  • bedding
  • copper (for cooking)
  • saw
  • axe
  • pick
  • wheelbarrow
  • knife
  • gun
  • pans
  • cradles
  • sieves
  • windlasses
  • long toms
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