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Veteran's Rush Shallow Diggings & Alluvial Workings (shallow sinkings)

Other Names Shallow Diggings Alluvial Workings ,  Shallow Sinkings Location 1484 Eaglehawk-Neilborough, NEILBOROUGH VIC 3570 - Property No 207637 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Shallow Diggings Alluvial

Statement of Significance

The site contains one of the last remnants of shallow alluvial workings known as the Shallow Diggings, which were an important phase in the early mining around Elysian Flat (criterion A). These workings, situated in an extremely shallow valley, illustrates the difficulty which the early miners had in following the line of the lead (criterion C).