I don't know whether this is of any interest but a couple of photos from the Library of Congress archive depicting gold panning one hundred years ago.
"Gold Dust"
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Man panning on Nome beach
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Men panning gold
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Miner and his dog panning gold
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Panning for gold in puert0 Rico
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We have it rich, 1889
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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.