Berry No. 1 Mine Pump House
by Yolanda Caporn
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Berry No. 1 Mine Pump House
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Yolanda Caporn
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The area around Creswick in Australia has around 120 mines. Alluvial gold was gold that had come loose from its original host, and had been deposited by water action into creeks and rivers. Over time, many of these creeks and rivers were covered over by later geographical changes and became buried below the surface. These buried ancient river courses bearing gold were called leads. The Berry Lead was Victoria’s richest alluvial gold lead and ran north from Creswick to the west of Smeaton. Each mine employed around 300 men. Shafts were sunk to a depth of 200 metres. The Berry Company had over ten kilometres of tunnels. The deep lead mines began in the 1870s and the last mine closed in 1908. Over 48 tonnes of gold was extracted from these mines.
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August 24th, 2019
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Maryse Jansen
Congratulations! Your image is a winner in the Australian Historical Sites - The Best Of Down Under! You Beauty! It will be featured on the group home page and placed in our discussion thread for group contest winners archive. LF
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