COCKER'S SLUICE HOLE
TALLANGALOOK ROAD AND GOLDEN MOUNT TRACK BONNIE DOON, MANSFIELD SHIRE
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COCKER'S SLUICE HOLE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Robert Cocker sluiced weathered creek banks to bedrock some 50 ft below the original surface, exposing the underlying granite. (Noted by Dunn in 1912.) Water for the operation must have been drawn, at least initially, from headwaters higher up the Golden Mountain. The washings flowed through a series of sluice boxes which enabled rocks and coarse material tobe rejected and allowed the heavy gold particles to be trapped in collection boxes.
References:
Dunn, E.J., 'Some Gold Reefs at Alexandra', Geological Survey of Victoria Records, vol. 2, part 2, 1907, pp. 112-4 (report dated 1905)
Wylie, A., Gold in the Shire of Mansfield: An Outline of the Smaller Discoveries, Mansfield Historical Society, 1987, p. 22Heritage Inventory Description
COCKER'S SLUICE HOLE - Heritage Inventory Description
Sluicing hole - Large, sluiced open cut, with high vertical faces. The bottom of the open cut is covered with manferns. Presumably there are pebble dumps and a tailrace, although these were not observed. The hole can be viewed from Tallangalook Road and is identified by a CNR sign.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional The site has: Scientific significance: because of its rarity Network values: with Tallangallook Creek, Clear Creek, and Dry Creek alluvial workings
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COCKER'S SLUICE HOLEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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