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Darren
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Sydney Morning Heralds 5 August 1902 said:"There are now about eight parties sluicing, all within a mile of the township, Scott and Dyer, about half a mile down the creek, have now their waterwheel working. This party has an extended claim about 1 acre in extent there is from 4ft to 6ft of overburden a light sand and beneath that there is fully 5ft of wash. The width is not yet known, but it appears a sorts of terraces, probably 100ft will not take in the width.
The wash is is granite, with a mixture of sandstone, diorite and porphyry, and sluices freely. A little closer to town Doyle und Bunn occupy another flat which realized from one weeks sluicing 3oz. "
Redmanti said:Trove tells you at what depth to dig for the wash layer at individual locations. Very handy...
Marked said:Redmanti said:Trove tells you at what depth to dig for the wash layer at individual locations. Very handy...
Really? Would love a bit more detail on the above comment...
The father-in-law was stoked when I found the returns of his father's claim up in the Mitta Valley listed in The Argus during the Depression - even though he was using his twin brother's name at the time to avoid paying child-care. I have used Trove nearly from it's beginning to research Family History...it is certainly a great resource. If you do use it, please consider taking the time to do a few corrections to the text while you are reading; the digital transcription leaves a bit to be desired due to the condition of some of the scanned images. Cheers.
Redmanti said:Marked said:Redmanti said:Trove tells you at what depth to dig for the wash layer at individual locations. Very handy...
Really? Would love a bit more detail on the above comment...
The father-in-law was stoked when I found the returns of his father's claim up in the Mitta Valley listed in The Argus during the Depression - even though he was using his twin brother's name at the time to avoid paying child-care. I have used Trove nearly from it's beginning to research Family History...it is certainly a great resource. If you do use it, please consider taking the time to do a few corrections to the text while you are reading; the digital transcription leaves a bit to be desired due to the condition of some of the scanned images. Cheers.
If you read the Trove newspapers and are a bit patient it does give you information on where to dig.
Eg., at what depth the wash layer is and what it is made from. I know for example that at Yambulla it is from 2-4ft before you hit the main wash layer.
When we dig on a short visit we often don't get to where most of the gold is on a single trip on the diggings.
Yes, I will do editing from now on. Good idea.
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