Cornish Miners -Cornwall Gold-Redruth Cornwall UK
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Cornish Miners prospecting for Gold.
Waymark Code: WM10P3W
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/05/2019
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The Cornish Miners were renowned for their hard work and diligence, when mining.
It must have been a great surprise and reward when two miners, prospectors found a huge gold nugget.
Two Cornish miners found the huge nugget dubbed the Welcome Stranger while prospecting in the gold fields of Victoria, Australia on 5 February 1869.
It weighed 11 stone (72kg) and was 61cm long (24 inches) when it was found buried just below the surface.
John Deason and Richard Oates were the lucky miners.
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