NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS (1)
NUGGETTY GULLY ROAD LINTON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS (1) - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
MACCLESFIELD COMPANY, Linton
21.08.1861: resolved to divide their claim into 124 shares of £10 each; have taken up an extended claim and are negotiating for a machine from Mount Misery.
29.08.1857: Linton - Wardy Yallock: a large proportion of the population has joined the rush to Mt. Ararat and business is dull; but there are still 2000 Chinese at Linton; several new puddling machines have been erected in Bloomers and Candlestick Gullies.
08.07.1858: At Linton population is 2000 including 400 Chinese; Bloomers and Nuggetty Gullies have 4 puddling machines and accompanying dams.
15.04.1859: there are several puddling machines in Bloomers and Candlestick Gullies, one was recently sold to the Chinese for £120; the Chinese are working in this district and more are arriving for the winter when the rains provide a good living in the Hard Hills.
09.1859: mining was confined to the rich shallow gullies for the first 3 years, the best known were Nuggetty, Bloomer's, Wet Flat, and Candlestick; the deep ground was not properly opened until 2 years ago.Heritage Inventory Description
NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS (1) - Heritage Inventory Description
/n A group of about 10 to 12 deeper workings running north south over a distance of approximately 100 m. The workings are spaced about 10 m apart. None of the shafts are open. Two of these workings have mullock heap fingers 5 to 10 m long.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Sites have local significance, because of the condition of these sites. Further work may alter this to regional.
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NORTH ARM OF STANDARD GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS MIDWAY BETWEEN THIS AND NUGGETTY GULLYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS (2)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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MACCLESFORD REEF MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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