MILLS REEF WORKINGS
OFF LINCOLN GULLY ROAD CRESWICK, HEPBURN SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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MILLS REEF WORKINGS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Quartz mining did not develop into a large industry at Creswick. There was brief flurry of activity in the early 1860s, mid 1880s and at the turn of the century. The main period of mining on Mills Reef appears to have been the mid 1880s, when it was reported that the Surprise Company were erecting a 10-head battery. The reef appeared to be poor, and both the archaeological and historical record suggests that the reef was not worked much beyond the water level.Heritage Inventory Description
MILLS REEF WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
Adit - Open adit with intact mullock heap which has two dumping lines (heap 20 metre wide and 3 metres high). Mine is located on the south side of the gully. Forge - Remains of stone blacksmith forge on end of mullock heap. Humbug water race - At the head of Lincoln Gully, above the reef workings, is a large (breached) dam. The embankment is over 7 metres high and some 70 metres long. The dam is associated with the Humbug water race. The crosses the head of the gully and runs down south side of the gully./n
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has: Scientific significance - well preserved mine site Archaeological potential Network values - Humbug Hill workings, Lincoln Gully working, Mills Reef working, Humbug Hill water race, and Russells Reservoir SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: -adit- remains of the forge- Humbug water race
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MILLS REEF WORKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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