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Gold Rush

Gold Rush . Your mission is to use limited financial resources to select and buy food, shelter and other requirements related to gold mining at the time to complete a successful dig. .

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Gold Rush

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  1. Gold Rush Your mission is to use limited financial resources to select and buy food, shelter and other requirements related to gold mining at the time to complete a successful dig. The year is 1865 and there is a gold rush in Australia. You are about to make the journey to a Victorian goldfield to join thousands and hopefully strike it rich. To begin your journey to Ballarat, you must travel by horse. Select start... Start

  2. FACT: In the 1860s the primary mode of transport to the gold fields was horses and cart. However, only the rich could afford to travel this way. Travel by Horse It begins to get dark and your horse is tired. You have the option to carry on into the night or set up camp. Set up camp Carry on

  3. Carry on In Victoria some night can get extremely cold. You are unable to continue throughout the night because your horse gets too tired and cold. Your horse begins to slow up and can no longer continue. You decide to stop and set up camp. Throughout the night you used all of your supplies to keep the fire burning in hopes to keep warm. With no supplies left do you ... Continue to head south Return home

  4. Set up Camp Despite the little supplies you had, you managed to keep warm during the night. Since the over night stop your horse has recovered and you decide to continue on your journey to strike gold! You begin to continue on your quest to Ballart. Do you go south-west or south? Go South Go South-West

  5. SOUTH As you continue on your journey south, you discover you’re fast running out of supplies to make the journey to Ballarat. You enjoy the last bit of damper and you only have a few drops of water left. You have to decided whether to continue despite having no supplies or to turn around and head home. Continue Head home

  6. Your Journey is Over With no supplies left you are unable to make the long journey all the way to Ballarat. Start over

  7. YOUR JOURNEY IS OVER! Start Over

  8. CONGRATULATIONS!!! You’ve arrived in Ballarat! Continue to the gold fields

  9. You’ve arrived in Ballarat. Most of the gold fields are a couple of days walk way from Ballarat. It is important to make sure you have all your supplies before setting out. Check out what supplies you’ll need Head into town

  10. BALLARAT Miner’s Tips Choose where you’d like to go... MAP Permit Office Bill’s Supply Store Tool Store Head to the gold fields

  11. Gold Fields Select the type of mine you had decided earlier... Alluvial gold mines Shaft gold mines

  12. Alluvial Mines Start digging...

  13. Shaft Mines Start digging...

  14. MAP • An allotment is the piece of land you are allowed to mine. • There are two types: • Alluvial; & • Shaft mines. Now chose your allotment... Alluvial gold is gold found in flakes or lumps near the surface of the earth. A single miner can find gold with just a few tools. Alluvial mining is cheaper than shaft mining. Mine shafts can be dug to find buried gold. Shaft mining can be hard work. Bigger, more expensive tools are required for shaft mines compared to Alluvial or surface mining. Alluvial Mining Shaft Mining

  15. Alluvial Mining Alluvial gold is small flakes and lumps. They wash into creeks and rivers, where they sink to the riverbed. To find gold, miners use a pan or cradle separated the sand from the heavier gold. Choose this allotment & head back to town

  16. Shaft Mining Shaft mining takes place under the surface of the Earth. The shaft is usually 1m wide and up to 10m deep. Miners are lowered down by a windlass. They lift the dirt out of the shaft they’ve dug up. The dirt is then washed in a cradle to find gold. To find gold in a shaft mine, you need a bucket, windlass, cradle and a pick. You can get these from the tool shop. Choose this mine? Choose this allotment & head back to town

  17. Miner Supplies List To mine for gold, miners need: • A Permit from the permit office; • Enough supplies to last a month out in the gold fields; • Miners need to select the type of mine they wish to work at; • Once they’ve chosen which type of mine you’ll need to by appropriate tools from the tool shop.

  18. SupplyTips Bill’s Supply Store Life on the gold field is tough with thousands of people all rushing to the fields to find gold. Miners have to live in a tent in a crowded place with all the other miners. Food must be bought in Ballarat before heading to the gold fields because there is no where to buy out there. The food available is bad and expensive. Almost three times the amount miners would pay in their home towns. Select the food you wish to take with you... Tent Blankets Head back to town Mutton Flour Tea

  19. Supply Tips Select supplies for your time in the gold mines. Keep in mind: • It takes 2 days to walk to your allotment and 2 days to come back; • You will have a better chance at finding more gold if you can work a whole month without having to come back and get supplies

  20. Tent Miners will need a tent when living on the gold fields. A tent will keep you dry in the rain and protect you from the hot sun. A tent will cost 2 pound and 1 shilling.

  21. Blanket In the gold fields it can get very cold at night time. If you doesn’t want to get sick it is important to have woollen blankets. The cost for a pair of blankets is 2 pounds.

  22. Flour The most common food on the gold fields in damper. It is made from flour and water cooked over a camp fire. 5lbs of flour will last up to 10 days and costs 4 shillings.

  23. Tea Miners get very thirsty from working in the heat. Miners like to drink lots of tea because water on the gold field needs to be boiled before it’s safe to drink. 2lbs of tea costs 6 shillings and will last up to 2 week.

  24. Mutton There is plenty of mutton in the Ballarat. Hundreds of sheep are bought to the gold fields everyday. It is very hard for miners to keep it fresh in the heat and it only lasts 8 days. Butcher make more money each day in Ballarat than miners. 2 pounds 16 shillings

  25. Miner’s Tips Tool Store As a miner it is your responsibility to select the right tools for the type of mining you wish to do. Below is a list of the required equipment for each type of mining. Keep in mind if you choose not to Alluvial Mining Shaft Mining Windlass Cradle Bucket Shovel • Cradle &/ or Pan • Shovel • Pick • Bucket Choose your tools and head back to town

  26. Miner’s Tips Permit Office FACT 1: A miner’s permit entitles the holder to dig, search and remove gold from their plot of land in the Ballarat gold fields. FACT 2: Permits expire in 1 year. FACT 3: Permits must be produced whenever demanded by a government authority. (e.g. The police) FACT 4: Permits cost a lot of money. Some miners couldn’t afford the cost of a permit and mined without a permit. If they got caught without one the would end up in jail. To mine for gold you need to buy a permit. Do you... Buy a permit for 5 shillings Decide to not buy a permit and try your luck

  27. CAUGHT! You’ve been caught without a gold permit and have been sent to goal. Start over

  28. You Found GOLD!!! Eureka!!! You’ve found 90 ounce of gold. It’s worth is 202 pounds. That’s a great result for your hard work. Well Done.

  29. You Found GOLD!!! Eureka!!! You’ve found 45 ounce of gold. It’s worth is 115 pounds. That’s a great result for your hard work. Well Done.

  30. Cradle A cradle is used to separate dirt, clay and gravel from the gold. As miners rock the cradle. Water washes through the dirt and separates out the gold. 2 pounds 8 shillings

  31. Pan In Australia, the first way to search for gold was using a pan. This was done by shaking the pan gently through water. The water separates the fine dirt and gravel from tiny flakes of gold. 12 shillings

  32. Shovel The shovel is used by miners to load the rocks and dirt into the pan or cradle. 12 shillings

  33. Pick The pick is used by miners to break up rocks and clay to find hidden gold. 12 shillings

  34. Bucket Miners typically use buckets in shaft mining. The miner fills the bucket with rocks, clay and gravel that has been chipped from the shaft walls. Other miners then use the windlass to lift the bucket to the surface. This is followed by using the cradle or pan to find gold. 12 shillings

  35. Windlass The windlass is used by miners to lift the bucket up from the shaft mine. It is a tool with a rope wrapped around a drum. Miners at the top of the shaft turn the drum with a handle so the rope lifts the bucket. 2 pounds 2 shillings

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