REILY'S GULLY PUDDLING MACHINE
QUARRY TRACK CARALULUP, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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REILY'S GULLY PUDDLING MACHINE - History
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Heritage Inventory History of Site:
March 1886: New lead discovered by prospectors employed by Caralulup Prospecting Association. For want of water , it is not yet known if it will yield ordinary wages. Some miners say it will only last about eight weeks - gutter narrow, wash only three inches thick. House and party are prospectors. About 120 miners on the ground, most sinking shafts, about 20 of which have bottomed. Sinking seven to twenty feet, in easy country. All Nations Reef intersects upper portion of lead at right angles; lead runs westerly into Kangaroo Flat. Pieces of fine gold, six dwt and two dwt, found at bottom of prospecting shaft. One dwt per tub, on average. In the course of a week the lead will be properly tested - Talbot Council sending water down an old race from the reservoir to the rush.
1917: A conspicuous knoll, four miles south-west of Talbot. Formerly nuggety alluvial found on theHeritage Inventory Description
REILY'S GULLY PUDDLING MACHINE - Heritage Inventory Description
/nIn 1886, Reily's Gully, near Granite Hill, was the scene of a small rush which became known as the 'Association Rush'. The new ground was prospected by miners employed by Caralulup Prospecting Association proved to be shortlived. Like most rushed gullies would have been re-worked by miners using puddling machines. Site 14.0: Reily's Gully Puddler - Well defined 22ft diameter puddler which has a pronounced inner mound and deep puddling trench with sheer sides. No pivot post or trench slabbing. There is a visible outlet channel leading to a relatively intact bank of wash. The water for the puddler comes via a water race which runs from a dam situated some 200 metres away. Puddler is relatively free of regrowth.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. Site to be protected [Puddler, bank of wash, water race and dam] The site has: Historical significance: Puddling machine technology is particularly important in the history of Victorian gold mining as the only technology developed entirely on Victorian goldfields. The site has a well preserved puddling machine site. Scientific significance: Contains a range of relics documenting quartz mining operations carried out on the site. Archaeological significance: The site has the potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the technological history of gold mining Network values: Reily's Gully puddler and Flinders mine
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REILY'S GULLY PUDDLING MACHINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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FLINDERS COMPANYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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