WET PATCH LEAD, MIDDLE CREEK
GLENLOFTY-WARRENMANG ROAD AND NORTH GLENPATRICK TRACK WARRENMANG, PYRENEES SHIRE
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WET PATCH LEAD, MIDDLE CREEK - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Middle Creek diggings opened in 1854 with the discovery of the Sardine Lead. New ground was still being found up until the early 1870s. The archaeological evidence shows that the lead was extensively worked, and the main technology used to treat the wash was puddling machines.Heritage Inventory Description
WET PATCH LEAD, MIDDLE CREEK - Heritage Inventory Description
Puddlers - Up the gully (south) from Miles Track are the remains of four puddling dams. All the embankments have been breached and the dams are positioned from 150 to 200 metres apart. The puddling site nearest the track has a well defined puddler (covered by fallen tree) but its pebble dump has been quarried. The next puddling site is the best preserved - its 22ft diameter puddler being associated with a 30 metre long embankment. The last two puddling sites have been extensively quarried but both sites have large slum ponds (50 metre wide and 1 metre high) Shallow workings and camp sites - The shallow workings above the puddlers, at the head of the lead, are associated with several deep holes (dams) ringed with small banks of wash. The wash may have been generated by cradling operations. Associated with the workings are several camp sites, one of which has sherds of Chinese pottery.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - range of features associated with nineteenth century shallow alluvial mining. The workings at the head of the gully may reflect cradling operations, and if so, would be an extremely rare site.Archaeological potential - several camp sites are visible.SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: National Estate
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: - puddlers. - shallow workings and camp sites.
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WET PATCH LEAD, MIDDLE CREEKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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