SANDY CREEK HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO
BROWNS ROAD SCARSDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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SANDY CREEK HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
SANDY CREEK HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO., Newtown, Scarsdale
17.06.1905: company successfully floated; tender accepted from Roberts & Sons of Bendigo for the manufacture and erection of an up to date sluicing plant capable of treating 100 cubic yards per hour; the lease is 100 acres.
18.11.1905: pontoon complete; the machinery is on the ground and the company expects to make a start about Christmas.
20.01.1906: started three weeks ago and going strong.
10.02.1906: a water shortage halted operations; provision is now being made to raise the embankment of the Monkey Gully reservoir by 8 feet; the first paddock of 0.67 acres yielded 173 ozs.
10.03.1906: completed enlarging of the Monkey Gully dam by raising the wall by 6 feet, which took 5000 cubic yards of earth.
31.03.1906: now increasing the capacity of Splitters and Chinaman's dams.
13.04.1906: still waiting for rain to fill the dams which will hold a total of 20 million gallons.
14.07.1906: a general meeting of shareholders held in Adelaide decided to wind up the company and form a new one in order to raise more capital.
28.07.1906: commenced work after an enforced seven month stoppage.
15.09.1906: second wash up produced 84 ozs 13 dwt from a 0.2 acre paddock; intend making better provision for storing tailings.
20.04.1907: compelled to cease work because of a shortage of water.
03.08.1907: resumed sluicing.
26.10.1907: idle because of a lack of water.
1907: pumped sluicing plant operating: 12 inch water pump, 10 inch gravel pump; 125 horsepower non-condensing steam engine.
22.02.1908: repairing boiler and preparing to start work on the shallow part of the paddock.
14.11.1908: working payable ground.
12.12.1908: stopped for a time since the returns from the deep ground are poor; yields are expected to improve in the shallow ground.
05.06.1909: dams are full; arrangements are being made for tributers to commence work.
1906 to 1908: recorded production of 977 ozs 5 dwt.Heritage Inventory Description
SANDY CREEK HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO - Heritage Inventory Description
An area 300m by 200m in an open paddock most of which has been rehabilitated. A screening plant is operating at the southern end processing sand. Apart from the sand extraction operation there is no obvious sign of this operation that is readily interpretable.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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NEW JUBILEE NO.1 COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NEW JUBILEE NO.1 CO BATTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NEW JUBILEE NO.2 COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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