FIERY CREEK DREDGE HOLE

MAIN LEAD ROAD BEAUFORT, PYRENEES SHIRE

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FIERY CREEK DREDGE HOLE

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    FIERY CREEK DREDGE HOLE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: The re-working of shallow alluvial ground through pump-sluicing and bucket dredges became an important factor in the gold production of the Beaufort district from about 1906. In this year two main operations commenced: the Yam Holes Sluicing Company and the Fiery Creek Dredging Company. The latter venture was the most successful and operated on the upper part of the Fiery Creek lead to around 1918. For a time, from 1909 to about 1914, the company operated two plants.

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    FIERY CREEK DREDGE HOLE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Dredge hole - Long narrow hole full of water./n

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has: - scientific significance - well preserved dredge hole - network values - part of a network of sites that illustrates different periods of alluvial mining

    Recorded by: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Dredge hole.

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