POSSUM GULLY CEMENT WORKINGS
REED TRACK ADELAIDE LEAD, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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POSSUM GULLY CEMENT WORKINGS - History
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POSSUM GULLY CEMENT WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
/nCement lead workings - The workings along this lead run for approximately 1.0kms. The workings run in a north-easterly direction along the southern side of the gully. In some places, the sinkings through the cement cap are still quite distinct and are a mixture of narrow rectangular and circular shafts. The north-eastern end of the lead appears to have witnessed the most intensive mining, including open cutting, tunnelling and shaft sinking. Puddling dams - There are at least three silted puddling dams connected with the cemented lead workings. Only one puddler survives, the rest have been quarried. Puddler - In the gully, to the north of the north-eastern end of the cemented lead workings, is a undisturbed, but very weathered 22ft diameter puddler. No pivot post or trench slabbing survives. The puddler is still ringed by a wide (partly quarried) band of wash and is obscured by thick regrowth
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. Sites to be protected [Cement lead workings, puddling dams, and puddler ] The precinct has: Historical significance: Puddling machine technology is particularly important in the history of Victorian gold mining as the only technology developed entirely on Victorian goldfields. The site has a well preserved puddling machine site. Scientific significance: Contains a range of relics documenting alluvial mining operations carried out on the site. Archaeological significance: The site has the potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the technological history of gold mining. Network values: Possum Gully cemetery and puddlers and Possum Gully cement workings
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POSSUM GULLY CEMENT WORKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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POSSUM GULLY MINING PRECINCTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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