WELCOME GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS

WERONA ROAD SHEPHERDS FLAT, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    WELCOME GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: According to the local miner, Rod Kirby, the alluvial mining at this site was done by Ernie and Bill Pfieffer in the 1950s or 60s. The 'blocking-out' of the ground is identical to a technique which is described in a prospecting book that was published by Ion L. Idriess in 1931. Idriess's book, Prospecting for Gold, was re-published five times before 1950.

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    WELCOME GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description

    Adit - Collapsed adit and small mullock heap with the remains of a small stone-retained shelter. Surfacing - The gully on the western side of the adit has been deeply surfaced or sluiced. Below the worked out ground is an area of ground (approximately 50 metres x 20 metres) which has been blocked out in panels ready for surfacing. A well-defined head race runs along the western side of the panel; a tail race along the eastern side.Water race - A race runs around the head of the gully. An off-shoot runs to a small dam which supplied the water for working the gully below.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - surfacing in German Gully is an illustration of a widely used technology but is in a rare state of preservation. Network values - part of Yandoit Track network of sites - Scorpion Gully to Criterion Reef.SIGNIFICANCE RANKING: National Estate

    Informant/s: Rod Kirby (local miner)./nRecorded by: David Bannear

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