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LONG GULLY PUDDLER & DAM
OFF GRAVES TRACK ADELAIDE LEAD, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
LONG GULLY PUDDLER & DAM
OFF GRAVES TRACK ADELAIDE LEAD, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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LONG GULLY PUDDLER & DAM - History
Long Gully would have been opened during the great Maryborough Rush in the mid 1850s. After the gully was worked-out it would have been taken over by the puddlers and quartz miners. Relics recorded would most probably date to the mid to late nineteenth century.Heritage Inventory Description
LONG GULLY PUDDLER & DAM - Heritage Inventory Description
Site record updated on 9/7/2024 following a reassessment. Record includes that of D7623-0134 as part of it's delisting. Two alluvial mining sites from two different time periods were recorded. These are: • Sluicing dam - 230 metres west along Long Gully from Graves Track is a 100 metre long, 4 metre high breached embankment. The gully above and below the dam has been sluiced to a depth of two to three metres. The section of gully between the dam and line of reef workings has 1-1/2 metre high, 3 metre wide banks of shovelled overburden running along both of its sides. At the eastern end of the pit, north site, is a gravel dump. • Puddling machine- Near the southern end of the sluicing dam’s embankment is a small silted dam. On the northern end of the dam’s embankment is a weathered 22ft diameter puddler. It is just possible to distinguish the inner mound from the puddling trench. The pivot post has been burnt out, no trench slabbing survives and there is a massive bank of wash measuring approximately 25 metres long and 3 metres high.
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