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Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings
CA 4 Eaglehawk-Neilborough Road, WOODVALE VIC 3556 - Property No 198895

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Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings
Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings
Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings
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Statement of Significance

The site contains a rare example of a puddling machine in an excellent state of preservation (puddling machine, dam and bank of wash and slum)(criterion B), probably associated with mining activities during the depression years and therefore has the potential to educate and illustrate an aspect of Victoria's cultural heritage (criterion C).

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    • Physical Description 1

      Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings - Physical Description 1

      On the side of a shallow hill, about 40 metres south-west of the junction of Whipstick Road and Black Horse Gully Track, beyond some shallow alluvial workings, there are the remains of a puddling machine. The inner mound is somewhat eroded, but the sides of the puddling trench are still relatively sheer. The puddling machine has a diameter of 22 feet. 20 metres west of the puddling machine is a 50 metre long low embankment which forms the downstream wall of a shallow dam. East of the puddling machine there is an intact mound of wash. The outlet channel from the machine runs south to a deposit of clayey slum.

      Physical Description 2

      Jib Horse Gully Alluvial Workings - Physical Description 2

      The site is bounded on the east by Whipstick Road, on the north by Black Horse Gully Track, on the west by the Raywood Channel water race and extends due south from Black Horse Gully Track for a distance of 150 metres.

      Black Horse Gully Track is the title given to an otherwise unnamed track running west from Whipstick Road along the northern boundary of the site.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Greater Bendigo - Marong Heritage Study 1999

      Author: Andrew Ward and Associates
      Year: 1999
      Grading: Local

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