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If we can find more like it in other places we may discover WHO mined
the coorong  Heavy Mineral Sand HMS many  years ago


Im working on finding some more wells like this one
http://www.planbooktravel.com.au/region-images/SA/limestone-coast/limestone-coast-400x272/chinamans-well.jpg/image_preview

its in the sand hills at 42 mile creek on the Coorong in South
Australia , but I suspect it may be many thousands of years old
http://www.arta.com.au/samaps/maps/coorong.gif

White people call it chinamans well but it was named before chinamen
were in the area , and it was used by early settlers

Its very old  , but no chinaman built it IMHO , Its design may
indicate who did

Do you recall seeing any like it in your travels ? or can you ask your
friends if they can find an exact match else where

Its clearly built by somebody who knew exactly what they were doing ,
so Im going to try and find more like it , and I suspect it may be
built by the " sea peoples " in ancient times as its clear somebody
was mining the Heavy Mineral Sands on this coast  on a VAST scale ,
effectively what you see today as the Coorong and lower Lakes are man
made , mines working the sands washed down the 2500 km River Murray
over many millions of years

SOMEBODY worked out most of the easy deposits within walking distance
to water , long before Europeans arrived in 1836

kanga
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