Marlborough Museum Collection of Gold Mining Objects and Photographs
Wheelbarrow
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Collection |
MHS (unaccessioned) General |
Description |
Wooden wheelbarrow with a metal front wheel. It is painted pinky red in a patchy way and has M.O.W [Ministry of Works] painted on one side.
Inside the wheelbarrow are three gold bearing quartz rocks from Wakamarina which were brought to MHS by Kevin Andrews. There is a fourth inside cabinet 8 (see image 2).
The poem leaning against one of the rocks is: "I have a claim in Cullen's Creek, There's nothing in it. Its costs would make a miser shriek, There's nothing in it. We bottomed on a sidling reef, Three grains of gold we got for beef, A miner's life is full of grief, There's nothing in it." James Watts |
Object ID |
0000.800.0313 |
Object Name |
Wheelbarrow |
People |
Watts, James |
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Last modified on: December 19, 2014
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