MOSQUITO GULLY SURFACING OR SHALLOW ALLUVIAL SINKINGS
RESERVOIR ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE
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MOSQUITO GULLY SURFACING OR SHALLOW ALLUVIAL SINKINGS - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
01.1858: gold was discovered on public land at what became known as Mosquito Gully south of Snake Valley. Pay dirt was found at 9 feet and 3 to 4 dwt was washed from one tub. This ground was rushed by 2000 miners and was pegged out for half a mile.
1906: a rush ensued when a miner sunk a shaft at the northern end of Mosquito Gully and struck gold; quite a few miners struck alluvial gold at a depth of 15 to 17 feet, there were many Chinese working along Mosquito Gully; they built a dam at the southern end of the gully using wheelbarrows; they carted gravel to the dam where it was sluiced to extract the fine gold, which was found in the gravel to a depth of 17 feet.Heritage Inventory Description
MOSQUITO GULLY SURFACING OR SHALLOW ALLUVIAL SINKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description
/nThe features in this gully, which appears to get quite wet, include 6 puddlers in reasonable to poor condition. The puddlers are all surrounded by heaps of quartz wash, some of which cover an area for up to 20 m around the puddler and up to 1.8 m high. The walls and central pillars of the puddlers vary from reasonable to poorly defined. Two of the puddlers are located next to a particular shafts and mullock heaps. All appear to be about the same age. Gravel has been removed from some of these sites. These puddlers are located within an area 800 m long and 100 m wide which has been quite intensively worked in places, although the wet nature of the ground may be the reason that there are very few obvious mullock heaps next to the sinkings. The accumulation of gravel remaining around the puddlers is unusual, and shows that a considerable quantity of material was carted to these sites. Although the integrity of the individual puddlers is not high, such a large concentration is important. Further work is required to determine the origin of these features if possible.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: Regional, consideration may be given to a higher ranking.
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ALABAMA COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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MOSQUITO GULLY SURFACING OR SHALLOW ALLUVIAL SINKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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