Engraving of Chinese prospectors rushing working an alluvial goldfield in California, common practice throughout the USA, New Zealand and Australia during the late 1800s, from The Underground World, circa 1878

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Size: 4724px × 3910px
Location: USA
Photo credit: © Lakeview Images / Alamy / Afripics
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