The Simple System That Made Fortunes During Australia's Gold Rush From geological theory to the real thing - this is how gold miners actually worked the quartz veins. 🪨⛏️ The system was deceptively simple: ▸ Follow the quartz vein running in a long sheet ▸ Trench along the surface testing for gold ▸ Find a "shoot" (rich gold deposit) ▸ Sink a shaft ▸ Repeat along the vein This demonstration shows the transition from theory to practice - stripping away the geological diagram to reveal the actual