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KLONDYKE ADIT
SOUTH OF POTTERY TRACK, BARRY'S REEF
KLONDYKE ADIT
SOUTH OF POTTERY TRACK, BARRY'S REEF
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Adit and associated features
How is it significant?
Significant due to its association with the Victorian Gold Rush and development of the State's 19th century quartz mining industry.
Why is it significant?
Quartz reefs have been mined for gold in Victoria since the early 1850s and have been, by far, the State’s primary source of gold. Most quartz mines associated with the gold-mining industry today had their origins in the 19th century. Economic forces and technological change have resulted in cycles of exploration, development, mining and closure. In effect, Victoria’s quartz mines – not just as a collective resource, but down to the same shafts, adits, and even refuse – have been in active use and potential re-use for close to 170 years.
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KLONDYKE ADIT - History
No historical information was able to be found for this site. The Klondyke adit is shown on one late 19th-century gold map (see attachment) held by the Geological Survey of Victoria (Earth Resources Regulation)KLONDYKE ADIT - Interpretation of Site
Adit driven for the purposes of mining quartz gold
Heritage Inventory Description
KLONDYKE ADIT - Heritage Inventory Description
Open adit (tunnel) which has an unstable entrance. Associated with benched area which as a stone retained loading paddock on its east side and a small mullock heap (spilling down the slope) at the southern end.
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