The Bellville Gold Rush 1852 | Area History ...
· There was another Bellville gold rush in 1858; then in 1870, 1890, and 1905. In the 20th century there were two vertical shafts sunk on the east side of Dead Man''s Run to a depth of 30 feet. This enthusiastic company of newfangled miners set up a sluice fed by a digging, sifting steamengine apparatus. Buy Now.