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Puddlers, Dams and Water Race, Rostrons, STUART MILL

Location

STUART MILL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Features of this site include a large partly silted dam, a very weathered puddler, 75 m long water race to another large breached dam, and a band of shallow alluvial sinkings. The features are in reasonable condition and are therefore able to demonstrate puddling technology and aspects of shallow alluvial mining, enhanced by the survival of the unusual water race linking the two puddling dams.

The Puddlers, Dams and Water Race, Rostrons are historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold Mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria.

Overall the Puddlers, Dams and Water Race, Rostrons are of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Alluvial Workings