BLACKSMITH HILL ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPE
DREAMERS HILL ROAD HAPPY VALLEY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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BLACKSMITH HILL ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Blacksmiths Gully, Lucky Womans,
17.05.1860: paying gold has been struck at the head of Blacksmiths Gully .
Blewett and Co
01.1878 to 03.1878: produced 5 ozs 12 dwt from a mine in this locality.SiteCard data copied on 04/07/2024:Ray Supple found historical information that shows the alluvial mining took place during the late 19th century.BLACKSMITH HILL ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPE - Interpretation of Site
The site was inspected and found to have been significantly impacted upon by the ‘doze & detect’ mining operations. It now possesses poor archaeological value. It is a degraded landscape with many hidden dangers from collapsing shafts.
Heritage Inventory Description
BLACKSMITH HILL ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPE - Heritage Inventory Description
There about one hundred reasonably deep alluvial mine shafts spread over an area of approximately 700m by 200m. A large number of these shafts are open and have dimensions of 1.0x0.5 m. The shafts seem sound and are each surrounded by a mullock heap about 10m in diameter. There are two larger mullock heaps 20m in diameter. The mullock heaps are mostly grassed over and give the impression of being a considerable age. A bul-dozer is on the site and has been used to begin a 'doze-&-detect' mining operation (M.L.4504). The creek below these workings has been sluiced and is 5m wide and 4m deep. There is evidence of shallow workings along the banks of the creek.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: Regional on the basis of the condition of these features, but the current mining operations will soon remove all the features at this site.
SiteCard data copied on 04/07/2024: The only feature recorded by Ray Supple were some reasonably deep alluvial mine shafts spread over an area approximately 700m x 200m. The shafts were sound and surrounded by mullock heaps. However, when Ray Supple was recording the site a bulldozer was being used to begin a ‘doze and detect’ mining operation. The FMQF Project has identified lots of mine openings at or near H7622-0283. The site was inspected and found to have been significantly impacted upon by the ‘doze & detect’ mining operations. It now possesses poor archaeological value. It is a degraded landscape with many hidden dangers from collapsing shafts.
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TAM O'SHANTER COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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ADIT, DREAMERS HILLVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BLACKSMITH HILL ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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