AGAMEMNON CLAIM AND GIBBO RIVER DIVERSION SLUICE
LOWER TABLELANDS ROAD DARTMOUTH, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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AGAMEMNON CLAIM AND GIBBO RIVER DIVERSION SLUICE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Gibbo River was first mined in the mid-1850s. Ten years later, parties of Chinese re-opened claims on the river's lower reaches, and in 1868 there was a rush on the upper Gibbo. A handful of small parties persevered in sluicing river and terrace claims throughout the 1870s and '80s. In 1888, a company was formed at the upper Gibbo (i.e., upstream or east of this site) to bring water at a high level for the purpose of sluicing terraces on each side of the river - miners on the Gibbo had hitherto carried their washdirt from the spurs and terraces to the river for washing. Claims on the river at that time included King's, McKibbin's, and German Harry's.
The Agememnon Gold Sluicing Co. was formed to work a claim on the Gibbo River in 1899. Sluicing on an extensive scale, they operated seven sluice boxes for three shifts each day. The company failed to win sufficient gold to cover expenses, and operations ceased in about 1902. Sluicing on the Gibbo at the same time was the Chatsworth Co.Heritage Inventory Description
AGAMEMNON CLAIM AND GIBBO RIVER DIVERSION SLUICE - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Agememnon claim are a water race, terrace sluicing, tailrace, and hut sites.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional The site has scientific significance because of its rareness and intactness.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Water race - A well-defined race, constructed in (Brett Lee says) 1895 to deliver water from the upper reaches of the Gibbo River. Terrace sluicing - The base of a spur has been sluiced away. Tailrace - A 6ft-deep, approximately 150ft-long tailrace, hewn through bedrock, leads from the workings. Hut sites - Several hut platforms are situated above the alluvial workings. Diversion sluice - Downstream of the Agememnon workings (approximately 100 yards above the junction with Kings Creek) is a 300ft-long diversion sluice.
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AGAMEMNON CLAIM AND GIBBO RIVER DIVERSION SLUICEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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