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UNNAMED ADIT
SOUTH OF POTTERY TRACK, WOMBAT STATE FOREST
UNNAMED ADIT
SOUTH OF POTTERY TRACK, WOMBAT STATE FOREST
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Adit and associated features such as the two mullock heaps
How is it significant?
The site is associated with the Victorian Gold Rush of the late 19th century
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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UNNAMED ADIT - History
No history found. Some historic mining maps show the adit. GeoVic (Earth Resources Regulation) have mapped it as 'unnamed adit'UNNAMED ADIT - Interpretation of Site
Quartz mining adit. Most likely early 20th century
Heritage Inventory Description
UNNAMED ADIT - Heritage Inventory Description
Open adit with c.20th century wooden gate. At tramway cutting runs in a SW direction to two mullock heaps, one heap approx.15m long and the other heap approx.25m. On the slope above the adit are dangerous mine openings. The site is obscured by thick and high ferns. Significant OH&S risks.
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