barkerville

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History

 

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Don W

 

Date added:

November 9, 2013

 

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University

 

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B

 

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Amid the clutter of flumes and sluice boxes, the town of Richfield sprang up in 1861. William "Billy" Barker was an Englishman who arrived in Victoria in 1858. After two unsuccessful attempts to find gold above the canyon, he decided to try his luck downstream. Forming the Barker Company with seven other Englishmen in 1862, Barker sank a shaft below the canyon at Williams Creek where the depth of the overburden made people believe that gold would never be found...
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Forming the Barker Company with seven other Englishmen in 1862, Barker sank a shaft below the canyon at Williams Creek where the depth of the overburden made people believe that gold would never be found. At a depth of forty feet, Barker and company struck pay dirt. News of the Barker strike spread rapidly...
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