BOYD'S HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO.

1380 GLENELG HIGHWAY SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

All information on this page is maintained by Heritage Victoria. Click below for their website and contact details.

Victorian Heritage Inventory

Statement of Significance

• Additional Place Information

  • History

    BOYD'S HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO. - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    BOYD'S HYDRAULIC GOLD SLUICING COMPANY
    20.01.1906: a syndicate has purchased this lease which also encompasses Sago Hill and the Nintingbool Estate.
    10.02.1906: equipping a plant that will be the best in the district, it will have 12 and 14 inch pumps capable of treating 130 cubic yards per hour.
    10.03.1906: both boilers are in position and it is expected that the plant will be completed in six weeks.
    02.06.1906: operating on a face 30 feet high.
    14.07.1906: company successfully reconstructed.
    11.08.1906: operating with two nozzles; fortunate to have a good water supply.
    18.08.1906: operating successfully.
    1907: pumped sluicing plant operating: 12 inch water pump, 10 inch gravel pump, 125 horsepower non-condensing steam engine; now ceased operating.
    08.02.1908: moved the barge further up the creek and nearly ready to resume sluicing.
    07.03.1908: cleaned up 0.75 acres and after 355 hours obtained a yield of 118 ozs, ground is averaging 3.9 grains per cubic yard; 40.9 yds treated per hour; ground is 8 to 12 feet deep; 75 to 80 ounces covered expenses leaving a nice profit.
    04.04.1908: yield for the month was 98 ozs plus 5 ozs of concentrates; the patent gold saver caught 14 oz 7 dwt.
    23.05.1908: moving the barge closer to the face so cleaned up a small paddock in 119 hours for a yield of 16 ozs.
    12.09.1908: working on a wash which is at a depth of 20 feet.
    03.10.1908: cleaned up for a yield of 215 ozs 10 dwt which includes 8 ozs 14 dwt from the gold saver and 3 ozs 11 dwt from the concentrates; this is the best yield so far.
    14.11.1908: working payable ground.
    24.12.1908: operating in the deepest part of the paddock and getting payable returns; company is now in a good financial position and there is a possibility that another plant will be erected as there is a large area of wash.
    30.01.1909: yield for the quarter of 295 ozs.
    17.04.1909: operating on ground from 6 to 40 feet deep and getting payable returns.
    24.04.1909: yield for the quarter of 191 ozs.
    02.10.1909: good progress is being made in excavating a site for the No.2 plant; the No.1 plant is working payable ground.
    16.10.1909: yield of 437 ozs giving a dividend of £200.
    1910: No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating.
    18.03.1911: both plants are working well.
    1911: No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating: 12 inch water pump, 10 inch gravel pump, 125 horsepower non-condensing steam engine; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating: 10 inch water pump, 12 inch gravel pump, condensing steam engine.
    1912; No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating.
    1913: No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating: 56 horsepower non-condensing steam engine; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating: 12 inch water pump, 10 inch gravel pump, 88 horsepower non-condensing steam engine.
    1914: No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating.
    1915: No. 1 pumped sluicing plant operating; No. 2 pumped sluicing plant operating.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    BOYD'S HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO. - Heritage Inventory Description

    This site is now part of a gravel extraction operation that has virtually removed all trace of previous mining activity, although a water filled dredge hole still exists amidst the gravel extraction operation.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant

• Location map
• Explore related places
  • Show:
    -- select -- Nearby Places

  • CAXTON CO

    

    Victorian Heritage Inventory
  • BOYD'S HYDRAULIC SLUICING CO.

    

    Victorian Heritage Inventory
  • Eucalyptus rubida (Candlebark) stand

    

    Golden Plains Shire
• Public contributions