imagine a hardrock mine within 40 kms of an Australian capitol city

[casper]

Imagine if you can, a hardrock mine operating within 40 kms of an Australian capitol city within the last 100 years - which city would it be?

click the link and enjoy -

 

[Chrisso]

Wow what a wonderful storey as I a wannabe prospector can only dream about . All the best to you for the next stage in life .

 

[grubstake]

What an incredible saga of dogged determination and hard yakka, then panning for a hobby on his days off! Amazing.
Thanks for posting this, @casper.

 

[FindSumStuff]

So we still have some living gold mining prospecting history of the old days in Victoria. We are so privileged to still identify so closely with the past.

 

[Hawkear]

Just finished watching and what a remarkably coherent life story from a small hard rock gold miner.
Noted at one point he said a mines inspector from Melbourne came out to the mine site and didn't even know what they were doing. Get the same feeling about bureaucracy today.
Learned a lot just watching.
Well done Stan.