NUGGETTY REEF MINE

MULLINS ROAD AND NUGETTY GULLY ROAD TALBOT, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE

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    NUGGETTY REEF MINE - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    February 1860: Nuggetty Gully when first opened up was very rich, numerous nuggets from 1 oz to 30 lbw found. At present supports a mining population of about 200 (principally puddling). Nuggety Gully located at east end of Ballaarat Hill.
    February 1861: I will forward a plan and sections of Nuggetty Gully, connected with the end of Ballaarat Hill.
    December 1887: W.H Eustace, Nuggetty Gully, crushing tailings and cement from old claims, with some success.
    September 1889: Eustace's mill crushing stone from Search and Find It claim.
    1905: Very good developmental work being carried on by Nuggetty Gully Co.
    1905: Royal Standard Co. has sunk shaft and is erecting machinery to prospect Kangaroo and Nuggety Leads. Company holds about 1½ miles. 16 men employed. Very good developmental work being carried on.
    pre-1917: 'Munro's find' - 2 or 3 chains above where the gully crosses Maryborough Road. Gully just a few chains in length. Nuggets up to 43 oz found. Gully worked to junction with Back Creek. Last machine puddled contained 15 oz gold.
    1936: Nuggetty Gully Central Co. Assisted by government aid, sunk shaft 50 ft
    1937: Report, pp. 642-3. Formerly rich in alluvial gold, noted for nuggets. Nuggetty Gully Central Co. has three compartment shaft, 10' x 3'6" , 160 feet deep, windlass, pump. 1,500 oz of gold obtained, yielding up to 12 oz per ton. Harrison's Reef opened up 'many years ago' - tested more or less superficially - south of Nuggetty Gull Central's operations.
    1938: Nuggetty Gully Central Co. - mentioned.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    NUGGETTY REEF MINE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Mullock heap - remnant of mullock heap with several dumping lines. Rest of mine workings and machinery plant foundations have been flattened or filled in.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Local Integrity of site so reduced as to have very little interpretive value. May be some potential for archaeological artefacts.

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