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EAGLEHAWK DAM PUDDLER NO. 1
GRAVES TRACKS ADELAIDE LEAD, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
EAGLEHAWK DAM PUDDLER NO. 1
GRAVES TRACKS ADELAIDE LEAD, CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE
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EAGLEHAWK DAM PUDDLER NO. 1 - History
Eaglehawk Gully would have been opened during the mid 1850s. As miners traced the leads through new ground, they left behind a wildness of shafts, uprooted and burnt trees and mounds of clay and gravel. This ‘worked-out’ ground was taken over by puddlers. Whereas the first miners had been content to deal with the washdirt from only the very bottom of the gutter, the puddlers often treating everything from the surface to a depth of twenty feet with their horse-powered washing machine. The history of alluvial mining in Eaglehawk Gully is not well documented and only one newspaper reference to the gully was found in TROVE - The death of a puddler named Thomas Brown, who was working a claim In Eaglehawk Gully. Mr O'Leary, Inspector for Mines for the Maryborough Division, who had examined the mine produced a portion of the rope, which was used In the shaft, and declared to the jury It was quite rotten, and wholly unfitted for the use In a shaft of the depth of this one, viz. 168 feet. [MAM 20/3/1874, P.2]. This report suggest those involved in operating puddling machines were probably quartz prospecting/mining when there was no water available for their machines. Due to the poor preservation of Eaglehawk Gully, this site was dealt with separately rather than lumped together with other recorded sites.EAGLEHAWK DAM PUDDLER NO. 1 - Interpretation of Site
Poorly preserved puddling machine site and large dam. Has little interpretative value.
Heritage Inventory Description
EAGLEHAWK DAM PUDDLER NO. 1 - Heritage Inventory Description
Puddler - weathered puddler associated with poorly preserved shallow sinkings and extensive surfacing.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
SiteCard data copied on 04/07/2024: The site has a poorly preserved 18ft diameter puddler is located in the middle of the dam’s embankment. It is only just possible to distinguish the inner mound and puddling trench. Approximately one quarter of the puddler has been quarried by gold fossickers. Tiny bit of the pivot post survives. No slabbing survives and most of the wash generated by the puddling machine has been quarried. The associated dam is large one.
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