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August 1859: Parker's Reef is one of the oldest quartz workings in the division... 49
August 1859: Dry Diggings Creek has been opened for years ... When opened the creek was very rich, and
even now, having been worked over and over with tub and cradle, it would pay very well for
sluicing ... Immediately after rain the creek has quite a busy appearance; and a host of
Chinamen have begun taking the upper part in a face and seem to be doing very well. 50
August 1859: The upper part of Middleton’s Creek was also worked profitably years ago, but is now wholly
deserted. 51
August 1859: Mount Franklin Creek and Washerwoman's Gully had also been considered worked out and
abandoned, but a party of Chinamen began last summer sluicing immediately below the
junction. 52
Sept 1859: Companies - three applications for gold mining leases ... No. 1, 10 acres on Wombat Flat, No.
2, 15 acres on Shepherds Flat, and No. 3, 600 yards on Adam's Reef ... I may here mention that
the mining community favourably regards the movement, as promising permanent
employment on ground, which, is workable at all by individuals, at best would only pay for a
few months in the year. I should not be surprised to see the example set by capitalists followed
up by co-operative associations among our working miners. 53
August 1859: Persons were busy prospecting our old deserted reefs, and am truly gratified to learn that one p
the Cosmopolitan, from Clunes - have on Commissioners Reef, obtained a prospect which they
consider fully satisfactory ... by introducing first-class machinery into the district, will
facilitate the working of several reefs now deserted. 54
August 1859: Puddling and sluicing - A number of claims have lately been purchased by Chinamen, who
seem on the whole to be getting on very well on Jim Crow. Parties of 10 or 12 bring their
earnings from other diggings to purchase sluicing claims here ... A number of Chinamen are
fossicking about our old alluvial workings; but I believe most of them are only watching an
opportunity to begin sluicing or paddocking. 55
August 1859: Parker's Specimen Reef, head of Dry Diggings (geological map, No. 1 a, east). Claim No. 1 -
said to have produced upwards of £3,000 for a length of 80ft. Claim No. 2 - Best on the line,
yielded as much as 70 oz. per ton near the surface, and having presented its owners with
£10,000. Map shows tunnel and tramway, and burning kiln. Claim No. 3 - Map shows
tramway, kiln, and tramway to Mr. Wilson's crushing machine on Middleton’s Creek. Claim is
45 ft in length, and produced £3,000 or £4,000. 56
Oct 1859: Yandoit Quartz Mining Co.'s machine. 57
Oct 1859: Eganstown - Adams Reef was for a long time deserted ... Clunes party took up 320 lineal
feet. 58
Nov 1859: Specimen Hill Reef, Wombat Creek, Messrs Trimble and Co. have applied for mining lease.
Wombat Reef, Connell's Reef, and a number of others are paying. Cosmopolitan, on
Commissioners Reef, is driving for reef. 59
Nov 1859: Yandoit - Clement's Reef and Christmas Reef claims turning out good gold. 60
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