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Veteran's Rush Shallow Diggings & Alluvial Workings (shallow sinkings)
1484 Eaglehawk-Neilborough, NEILBOROUGH VIC 3570 - Property No 207637

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Shallow Diggings Alluvial Workings

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Statement of Significance

The site contains one of the last remnants of shallow alluvial workings known as the Shallow Diggings, which were an important phase in the early mining around Elysian Flat (criterion A). These workings, situated in an extremely shallow valley, illustrates the difficulty which the early miners had in following the line of the lead (criterion C).

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Veteran's Rush Shallow Diggings & Alluvial Workings (shallow sinkings) - Physical Description 1
  
  South-west of the corner of Scotts and Dixon roads there is a short run of shallow alluvial workings no more than 30 metres wide and about 150 metres in length. The mullock heaps are no more than 0.5 metres in height.
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  Veteran's Rush Shallow Diggings & Alluvial Workings (shallow sinkings) - Physical Description 2
  
  The approximately square site, about 120 metres by 120 metres, is bounded by Dixon Road on the east and Scotts Road on the north.
  
  Physical Description 3
  
  Veteran's Rush Shallow Diggings & Alluvial Workings (shallow sinkings) - Physical Description 3
  
  The shallow alluvial workings are very weathered and are almost certainly a remnant of the original workings of 1858.
  
  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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