COCK'S PIONEER SLUICING WORKS
STAR LANE WOORAGEE, INDIGO SHIRE
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COCK'S PIONEER SLUICING WORKS - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
From 1899-1913, Cocks Pioneer Sluicing Co. reworked by barge-mounted gravel pump much of the deep alluvial ground previously worked by the deep shafts of the Kneebone (1859-72) and McEvoy (1859-79, 1890-1901) mines. From 1903, the Cock's Pioneer dredge was driven by electricity generated at a steam power plant. The company was re-formed as Cock's Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL in 1914 and carried on large-scale hydraulic sluicing operations until 1929, and then again from 1934-41. In 1935, the Cocks Pioneer ranked as the second highest dividend-paying mine in Victoria. In total, it produced 3,650 kg of gold.
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COCK'S PIONEER SLUICING WORKS - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
COCK'S PIONEER SLUICING WORKS - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Cocks Pioneer sluicing works are a massive sluiced open cut and dredge hole.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has: Scientific significance - because of the technology it illustrates. Network values - with McEvoy No. 4 shaft and Cocks Eldorado dredge
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Sluicing - Extensive (600 m x 300 m) open cut with 20ft-high walls. The floor of the cutting is covered with mounds of pebbles. Most of the open cut is dry and part of it is being used as tip. Dredge hole - The dry open cut abuts a flooded dredge hole. Some concrete foundations are visible near the north-east corner of the hole Heritage Inventory Site Features:
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COCK'S PIONEER SLUICING WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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