The way to discover large amounts of gold, was to have the perfect mining technique. One of the earliest techniques was panning and cradling. This method consisted of a pick, a shovel and a washing dish and people either worked by themselves, or in a small group. First of all, panning was a simple method but required a lot of skill. It worked by loading sediment onto the washing device which had a sieve(strain), …showed first 75 words of 788 total…

…showed last 75 words of 788 total…which Hargraves took credit and dismissed his companions.         The talk of gold spread worldwide and soon the Australian gold rush had began. A debate soon arose about who should have received the credit and the rewards for discovering gold. Hargraves received rewards of up to 13,000 pounds and a pension of 250 pounds a year. Lister and William Tom fought for recognition as they should also have been rewarded, but Hargraves had dismissed them as being guides.