NEW BALLARAT LEAD ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - PUDDLER 2
BALLARAT ROAD CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
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NEW BALLARAT LEAD ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - PUDDLER 2 - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The New Ballarat Lead was discovered in December 1858, and the following year the lead was one of the focal points of the new Chiltern field. By 1861, only the upper, dry part of the lead was still called the New Ballarat; for most of its extent it was known as the Chiltern Lead and was worked by deep shaft. From about that time, the shallow alluvial ('dry') ground was principally the domain of Chinese miners. In 1871, they were reworking sluice tailings using water pumped from the deep workings, which they conserved in small dams and reservoirs. By the end of the seventies, few Chinese miners were returning to the dry leads after the first winter rains 'a sure sign [wrote the mining registrar] that the old workings are no longer remunerative'. Canavan says that, 'Highly payable gold yields were obtained from the dry workings of the upper part of the Chiltern Lead.'
References:Ashley, 1974
Canavan, p. 40
Mining Surveyors' Reports, November 1860, March 1871, March 1878Heritage Inventory Description
NEW BALLARAT LEAD ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - PUDDLER 2 - Heritage Inventory Description
/nA puddler is located on the west side of a tributary to the main gully. It is very weathered (the inner mound is barely distinguishable from the puddling trench). No pivot post or slabbing is visible, and little wash. 100 m upstream is a breached dam embankment.
Heritage Inventory Significance:/nRegional
Recorded by: David Bannear. Date recorded: 1996
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