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YANGGAI GOLD MINING AREA
125 BLUE HOUSE ROAD PANTON HILL, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

Moderate to high local and state significance as a reasonably well preserved and extensive example of mid 19th century alluvial mining activities.

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    • History

      YANGGAI GOLD MINING AREA - History

      Yanggai mining area is within what was historically the St Andrews Mining Division. It was part of the Caledoma Goldfield which was first rushed in 1855.

      Interpretation of Site

      YANGGAI GOLD MINING AREA - Interpretation of Site

      Intensively mined area associated with shallow alluvial gold mining activities dating to the mid 19th century.

      Heritage Inventory Description

      YANGGAI GOLD MINING AREA - Heritage Inventory Description

      Extensive alluvail gold mining area, consisting of pits, mulloch heaps and channels. Most intensive mining activity is on southern side of gully within 50m of the creek. Northern side of gully is steeper and much less extensively mined.

      Shallow mining pits and more extensively open mined areas, mulloch heaps and channels. Associated with these pits are occassional fragments of bottle glass, the diagnostic fragments of which indicate a mid 19th century date of manufacture.

      Physical Conditions: Average

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