MOPOKE GULLY/BOOTS GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS
OFF WERONA ROAD KOOROOCHEANG, HEPBURN SHIRE
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MOPOKE GULLY/BOOTS GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Boots Gully, along with others in the area, were first worked in the mid 1850s. By 1860, the alluvial miners were intensively re-working the gullies: eg., in December 1860, the mining register reported that the upper parts of Keep-it-Dark and Boots Gully were being 'systematically worked, drained, and faced out bodily'. Despite this attention, the gullies continued to attract mines: eg., in 1888, Sepold & party had a sluicing claim at Boot's Gully, near Keep-it-Dark Reef.Heritage Inventory Description
MOPOKE GULLY/BOOTS GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
Creek bed/bank sluicing - Mopoke Gully has been worked to bed rock. A network of tail races run down the gully; also a scattering of pebble dumps and at least one stone fireplace.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - well preserved ground sluicing siteNetwork values - part of Keep-it-Dark/Boots network of sitesSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Creek bed/bank sluicing
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