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Ewingar state forest
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<blockquote data-quote="Con9999" data-source="post: 578483" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Gold was sluiced at Rae's Point on Ewingar Creek (top of the mountain) in 1905. Even back then it was well known for its smokey quartz.</p><p></p><p>This illustration taken from a local newspaper of that era purports to show the diggings.</p><p></p><p>The illustration features a miner's hut.</p><p></p><p>A miner's hut stood at Rae's Point until about 20 years ago.</p><p></p><p>Most of the smokey quartz comes from this bend in the creek.</p><p></p><p>You used to have to walk in to the Point about 500 metres off the main drag (although some intrepid types used to bush bash the track in with 4 wheel drives); things may have changed of late but the gold and smokey is probably all still there.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18945/1602636397_bulldog_diggings.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Con9999, post: 578483, member: 18945"] Gold was sluiced at Rae's Point on Ewingar Creek (top of the mountain) in 1905. Even back then it was well known for its smokey quartz. This illustration taken from a local newspaper of that era purports to show the diggings. The illustration features a miner's hut. A miner's hut stood at Rae's Point until about 20 years ago. Most of the smokey quartz comes from this bend in the creek. You used to have to walk in to the Point about 500 metres off the main drag (although some intrepid types used to bush bash the track in with 4 wheel drives); things may have changed of late but the gold and smokey is probably all still there. [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18945/1602636397_bulldog_diggings.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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