NO SWEAT DIGGINGS
MANSFIELD-WOODS POINT ROAD JAMIESON, MANSFIELD SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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NO SWEAT DIGGINGS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
As with most alluvial mining features there is really no readily available information on the history of this site. In Upper Goulburn Heritage Plans, Parks Victoria 1999`Heritage Inventory Description
NO SWEAT DIGGINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
This site is an excellent example of an alluvial sluicing site, where the main features - an open cut and tail race - are still in a relative stable condition. The vertical walls of the cuttings still seem to be reasonably stable and the site has not been disturbed since mining ceased. Its condition suggests that mining occurred here in the twentieth century. The site is located very close to the Mansfield - Woods Point Road. People are already accessing the site via a deep tailrace, up to 2m deep and 1.5m wide with vertical sides. This race leads into the south west corner of a substantial open cut. This tail race would have been used to drain water from the open cut to the Goulburn River. The open cut is 10m wide by 15m deep and approximately 150m long with a few open adits cut into its vertical walls. The race that supplied water for washing the gold bearing material through the sluices is located along the south side of the opencut. There are three or four house sites near the western end of the opencut. These house sites are distinguished by piles of rubble stone, the remains of the chimneys, and scatters of glass and pottery figures.
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NO SWEAT DIGGINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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