LINCOLN GULLY

LINCOLN GULLY ROAD CABBAGE TREE, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    LINCOLN GULLY - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: The alluvial workings are associated with the mining of Humbug Hill. Main mining period would have spanned mid 1850s to 1870s.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    LINCOLN GULLY - Heritage Inventory Description

    Eastern slope of Humbug Hill there are the remains of an extensive system of water races, hillslope sluicing, dams and pebble heaps.Sluiced Gully - Lincoln Gully has been deeply sluiced, and littered with large dumps of wash and pebbles. Parts of the gully are heavily timbered. 500 metres along Lincoln Gully Road, from Creswick Road, is a good viewing location.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has: Scientific significance - well preserved alluvial workings Network values - Humbug Hill workings, Lincoln Gully working, Mills Reef working, Humbug Hill water race, and Russells Reservoir SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional

    Recorded by: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Extensive remains of sluicing operations.

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