Four Post Diggings, east of east of railway, Reserve Road, DEEP LEAD
east of railway, Reserve Road DEEP LEAD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The Four Post diggings former gold mining area contains a wide band of intensive shallow sinkings, including small mounds and shaft depressions. Low embankments and banks of pebblewash mark the remains of puddling sites, although no puddlers are visible. The site of a house is marked by building rubble and an olive tree. Gold was discovered here in 1858, and the area remained a focus for alluvial mining in the Stawell division into the early 1860s, when Chinese miners also worked the field. The Four Post diggings is a relatively undisturbed and intact alluvial landscape showing both shallow sinkings and puddling sites.
The Four Post diggings are historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria.
Overall the Four Post diggings are of LOCAL significance.
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Four Post Diggings, east of east of railway, Reserve Road, DEEP LEAD - Physical Description 1
Sallow sinkings - wide band of intensive shallow sinkings (small mounds and shaft depressions)
House Site - Located where lead crosses gully, marked by building rubble and olive tree.
Puddling sites - Down gully (South) of house site are three low embankments and associated banks of pebblewash. No puddlers visible.
Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading:
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DEEP LEAD HISTORIC RESERVEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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DEEP LEAD BALLAST LINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Welshmans Crushing Works & Dam, Oxford Street, DEEP LEADNorthern Grampians Shire
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