After the discovery of gold and just before we see the sign "No Name City" being painted, there is a panoramic view of the gold discovery. The large (undershot) water wheel serves no purpose at all. Water wheels often were used to power stamp batteries (crushers) but since it is free gold in an alluvial deposit, there is no need for crushing. Also it unlikely that the water wheel was used to pump excavations dry as this would have been impossible given the proximity of the river and the permeability of the alluvials.
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