ARGYLE HILL

GLENELG HIGHWAY SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    ARGYLE HILL - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    ARGYLE DREDGING CO., opposite Boyds Dredging Co. at Smythesdale
    07.04.1906: Messrs A. Bowler & J.Barrie have secured a lease covering 2 miles of old alluvial workings; will erect a plant at the southern end.
    13.04.1906: constructing a large dam to provide water for sluicing plant.
    11.08.1906: excavating a site for barge; supply dam full; embankment will be raised 2 to 3 feet to increase storage capacity.
    16.02.1907: cleaned up the first sluicing for a yield of 96 ozs.
    1907 to 1908: recorded production of 543 ozs 7 dwt or 16.900 kg.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    ARGYLE HILL - Heritage Inventory Description

    Two or three large open cut trenches have been sluiced through the top of this hill from both the north and south of the hill. These trenches open out into an open cut which has vertical sides up to 10m high. Within this open cut there are numerous piles of quartz wash stones which are up to 0.15m in diameter. The largest of these piles of stones would be 30m long by 5m by 5m high. Pillars (mesas) of land have been left standing in the open cut. The layers of quartz wash can clearly be seen in the walls of the open cut and the pillars within it. The whole site is overgrown with vegetation. Despite the close proximity of a quarry, it has not been disturbed.

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